AI Attacks Surge as Microsoft Process 100 Trillion Signals Daily
Microsoft systems analyze over 100 trillion daily signals, suggesting dramatically increasing AI-driven cyber-threats.
A new report, the Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025, warns that artificial intelligence is now central to both defending and compromising the digital world, making cybersecurity a defining challenge of the decade.
“We are living through a defining moment in cybersecurity,” said Amy Hogan-Burney, corporate vice president for customer security & trust. “As digital transformation accelerates, supercharged by AI, cyber threats increasingly challenge economic stability and individual safety.”
- Adversaries have begun using generative AI to automate phishing.
- Scale social engineering and discover vulnerabilities faster than humans can patch them.
Author's summary: AI-driven cyber threats are escalating.