Proofpoint: AI Is Making Some Cybercrime Groups Sloppier, Not Stronger
Proofpoint researcher Selena Larson told Dark Reading that threat actors like TA4903 and TA2725, once sophisticated operations, have grown less effective after adopting AI tools in their attack chains. She contrasted this with widely cited survey data claiming 84% of ransomware attacks now involve AI, arguing that such headline figures overstate AI's actual impact on attacker capability.