AI-Powered Deception: Check Point's AI Security Report Reveals New Threat Landscape

Strategic Insights -

In a bid to help defenders stay ahead, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has released its inaugural AI Security Report at the RSA Conference 2025. The report delves into the increasing use of AI by cybercriminals, leading to a new threat landscape where trust in digital identity is no longer guaranteed. Cyber attackers are leveraging generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to impersonate and manipulate digital identities, making anyone a potential victim of deception on a massive scale.

Key Takeaways:

  • The AI Security Report highlights the swift adoption of AI by cybercriminals, reshaping the threat landscape and making traditional identity verification methods obsolete.
  • AI-enhanced impersonation and social engineering are new areas of concern, with threat actors using AI to generate realistic phishing emails, audio impersonations, and deepfake videos.
  • LLM data poisoning and disinformation are also worrying trends, with malicious actors manipulating AI training data to skew outputs and spread false narratives.
  • AI-created malware and data mining are another emerging threat, with cybercriminals using AI to craft and optimize malware, automate DDoS campaigns, and refine stolen credentials.
  • The report emphasizes the need for defenders to assume that AI is embedded within adversarial campaigns and adopt AI-aware cyber security frameworks, including AI-assisted detection and threat hunting, enhanced identity verification, and threat intelligence with AI context.
  • Lotem Finkelstein, Director of Check Point Research, notes that the rise of digital twins, AI-driven replicas capable of mimicking human thought and behavior, is "not a distant future - it's just around the corner."

Statistics:

  • 33% of the time, AI chatbots repeated false narratives, as seen in a case involving Russia's disinformation network Pravda.
  • AI-assisted detection and threat hunting can help identify AI-generated threats and artifacts, such as synthetic phishing content and deepfakes.
  • 2 in 3 organizations are planning to integrate AI into their cyber security frameworks over the next 2 years (Source: Check Point's 2025 Cyber Security Report).

Sources:

  • RSA Conference 2025
  • Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
  • Lotem Finkelstein, Director of Check Point Research
  • Check Point's 2025 Cyber Security Report
  • Russia's disinformation network Pravda