How AI is changing the game when it comes to cyberattacks

Governments and corporations around the world have been scrambling to implement urgent security updates after the discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language.

PHP helps run about 70 per cent of the world’s websites, from online stores to government services.

Since the vulnerabilities came to light, reports of hacking attempts have surged into the millions.

For more, SBS News spoke with Dr Rahat Masood, a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of NSW, who has been helping to break down the risks to internet users following the incident.

She says that while AI can help cybersecurity experts locate critical vulnerabilities, hackers can use the same models to exploit them.

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