KELA REPORT

2025 AI Threat Report: How cybercriminals are weaponizing AI technology

**A Guide to Understanding and Managing Emerging AI Cyber Threats**

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Cybercriminals are leveraging AI to automate attacks, craft sophisticated phishing scams, and develop evasive malware. Is your organization ready to defend against AI-powered cybercrime? KELA’s 2025 AI Threat Report provides exclusive intelligence on how threat actors are exploiting AI and offers actionable insights for security practitioners.

In this report, you’ll learn:

  • The latest trends in AI-powered cybercrime, including a 200% surge in mentions of malicious AI tools on cybercrime forums.
  • How AI is supercharging phishing and deepfake scams, making social engineering attacks more effective.
  • Why AI-driven malware is becoming harder to detect—and what security teams can do to defend against it.
  • Actionable recommendations to combat AI-driven threats with AI-powered defenses.

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