White Paper

Cybersecurity in an AI-turbocharged era

Cybersecurity in an AI-turbocharged era

Pages 23 Pages

ESET’s white paper explores AI’s growing role in cybersecurity, highlighting its use in threat detection, alert prioritization, and automated incident response. It details ESET’s 25-year journey with AI, from early macro virus detection to advanced ML and transformer models. The paper also warns of AI’s risks, including false positives, hallucinations, and potential misuse by attackers for phishing, disinformation, and malware creation. It stresses that AI alone isn't enough—human oversight and layered security remain vital. ESET calls for a balanced approach: leveraging AI while acknowledging its limits.

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