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Nation-states could already use AI to generate malware that avoids detection, according to the UK's cybersecurity agency.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will enhance the threat posed by ransomware over the coming years, the UK’s cybersecurity agency has warned. A new report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – which is a part of GCHQ – said the technology is lowering the barrier of entry to novice cybercriminals. As a result, AI is enabling unskilled online actors to carry out more effective cyberattacks, the report says. The NCSC also warned that bad actors are using AI t...

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has warned AI will increase the threat of ransomware globally over the next two years. 

See the National Cyber Security Centre's predictions for generative AI for cyber attack and defense through 2025.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to increase the global ransomware threat over the next two years, U.K. cyber chiefs have warned in a new report published today by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The report, entitled The near-term impact of AI on the cyber threat, concludes that AI is already being used in malicious

The Home Secretary James Cleverly says he's "incredibly disappointed" by Meta's decision to automatically encrypt all messages

End-to-end encryption, which prevents content from being seen by anyone outside the chat, forms the backbone of apps like Signal, Telegram, and Metas own WhatsApp.

UK politicians and police have opposed the move, arguing it will make it harder to spot child abuse.

Messages and calls protected by end-to-end-encryption (E2EE), which has been an option since 2016, can be read only by the sender and recipient.

The NCSC has firmly attributed a long-running campaign of cyber attacks targeting UK political processes to a group run out of Russia’s FSB intelligence agency, known as Star Blizzard.