Hackers use increasingly sophisticated AI attacks

On September 17, the CYSEEX Information Security Alliance organized the workshop “AI & Cyber Security - Creating a smart security future” to support businesses in applying artificial intelligence in monitoring, identifying and early warning of risks, thereby improving the ability to prevent and respond to sophisticated cyber attacks.

Photo caption — Lieutenant General Nguyen Minh Chinh, Permanent Vice President of the National Cyber Security Association, informed at the conference.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Minh Chinh, Permanent Vice President of the National Cyber Security Association, former Director of the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention ( Ministry of Public Security ) affirmed that the Association will accompany the CYSEEX Information Security Alliance and direct the Alliance to promote cooperation between enterprises - agencies - organizations, increase the application of AI in cyber security, build an ecosystem to share data, experience and contribute to standards and advanced security solutions to protect the national cyberspace.

Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hoang, Chairman of CYSEEX Alliance, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of MISA Joint Stock Company emphasized: “CYSEEX 2025 workshop focuses on sharing knowledge about AI in security, thereby early identification of risks, attack forecasting, automating response to enhance system recovery. This is the foundation for creating a smart, proactive and sustainable security system for businesses and national cyberspace”.

“In the context of increasing cyber security risks, especially when hackers use AI to attack and penetrate systems in increasingly sophisticated and unpredictable ways. AI is both a new challenge and a "golden key" to help organizations detect, respond, and protect systems proactively, quickly and up to 45% more effectively,” Mr. Hoang emphasized.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Hoang, Head of the CYSEEX exercise organizing committee, Director of Information Security of MISA Joint Stock Company, summarized the activities from the beginning of 2025 to present of the CYSEEX Information Security Alliance with 6 exercises detecting 315 vulnerabilities, 4/7 member units practicing phishing for more than 14,000 staff, along with a common threat sharing platform with more than 100 million IoCs, helping to shorten the attack detection time by 40 - 50%.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Hoang said that AI attacks have a success rate of up to 70%, forcing organizations to switch to a “machine-versus-machine” model. By 2026, the Alliance members aim to reach AI maturity level 3, considering “digital twins” as a companion tool in monitoring, threat hunting and incident response.

Mr. Vu Ngoc Son, Head of Technology Department of National Cyber Security Association, Director of NCS Technology, said that cyber security currently has both "dark areas" with the risk of sophisticated attacks, "gray areas" due to lack of human resources and strategy, and "bright areas" from the opportunity to master technology. AI can help detect abnormalities, analyze malware, automate processes but also pose challenges in terms of people, data, technology and finance. Therefore, AI is no longer an option but has become an inevitable requirement and whoever masters AI will have a competitive advantage.

The representative of the CYSEEX Alliance affirmed that in the coming time, the alliance will focus on applying AI to detect risks early and automatically prevent cyber attacks. The alliance aims to improve members' capacity in exploiting AI tools, maintaining attack and defense drills, responding to incidents, enhancing anti-phishing and fraud prevention, and promoting knowledge sharing to improve the ability to protect information security in cyberspace.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/xa-hoi/hacker-tan-dung-ai-tan-cong-ngay-cang-tinh-vi-20250917123924396.htm