This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence is transforming cybersecurity by changing how attackers plan, automate, and execute cyber attacks. While AI creates new opportunities for defenders, it is also making phishing, social engineering, malware development, and reconnaissance faster, more convincing, and easier to scale.
In this course, you’ll learn how AI-powered cyber threats are reshaping the modern threat landscape through real-world examples, industry research, and practical security strategies. You’ll explore how AI is used by nation-state actors, organized cybercrime groups, and opportunistic attackers, and understand the concept of the Capability Floor—how AI enables even less experienced attackers to perform sophisticated attacks.
What You’ll Learn:
- Understand how AI is transforming cyber attacks.
- Explore AI-enhanced phishing, deepfakes, and social engineering.
- Learn how attackers use AI across the attack lifecycle.
- Discover practical defense strategies including MFA, Zero Trust, Threat Intelligence, Identity Management, and Continuous Monitoring.
- Study real-world examples, including the Arup Deepfake Fraud incident and findings from Microsoft, Google Threat Intelligence, Anthropic, and the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
