Australia’s top cybersecurity agency has warned that critical online services could face unexpected outages as AI-driven cyber threats grow more sophisticated, urging businesses and infrastructure providers to adopt advanced AI defenses. The Australian Signals Directorate emphasizes that protecting systems from AI-enabled attackers must take precedence over maintaining constant availability. With AI accelerating the development of new digital risks, the agency stresses the need for proactive measures to counter evolving cyber dangers.
Australian Signals Directorate chief says advanced AI tools are needed to defend against ‘AI-enabled attackers’Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians should prepare for more basic and important online services to go offline unexpectedly, the nation’s signals intelligence agency has warned, urging that “system security must be prioritised over system availability”.The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) also says businesses and critical infrastructure must use cutting-edge AI models to defend against digital threats, raising alarm that artificial intelligence is enabling more dangerous threats than ever. Continue reading...
