AI in Cybercrime2 min read·Just now--The integration of AI in cybercriminal operations remains incremental rather than transformative.2024 Observations🛠️ Efficiency, Not Innovation: Generative AIs like GPT-4 have been used to assist in vulnerability research, malware writing, and C2 setup, but only provided limited, incremental capabilities compared to traditional methods .🚫 No Major New Attack Vectors: Despite documented abuses (e.g., WhiteRabbitNeo, FraudGPT), generative AI has not introduced novel threat categories beyond enhancements to phishing, ransomware, and infostealers .🎭 Deepfakes: The main novel contribution of AI to cybercrime has been the improvement of social engineering techniques (e.g., voice cloning for CEO fraud), but even here, the shift has been incremental, not disruptive .🔒 Threat Modeling Implication: Current AI-enhanced threats align closely with existing cybersecurity TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK techniques), indicating a continued reliance on conventional defenses with minor adjustments for AI-driven efficiencies.Cybercriminals leverage generative AI as a productivity enhancer rather than as a source of fundamentally new capabilities. Defensive strategies must focus on scaling detection and response workflows, particularly against phishing, social engineering, and code-assisted exploits.(for similar updates — AI Security Telegram Channel https://t.me/AISecHub)2025 and Beyond: Emergence of Agentic AI🔄 Shift to Agentic Systems — A shift toward agentic AIs — systems capable of planning, reasoning, acting, and using tools autonomously — is anticipated​.🎯 Autonomous Operations — While today’s generative models primarily assist with content generation and basic task automation, agentic AIs are anticipated to autonomously execute complex, scalable operations (e.g., parallel ransomware campaigns, autonomous vulnerability exploitation)​🛡️ Security Model Adaptation — The transition from generative AI to agentic AI marks a potential turning point, requiring updates to threat models and security architectures to address autonomous adversarial behavior.📖 Read more: 2025 State of Malware by ThreatDown https://www.threatdown.com/typ-state-of-malware-2025/