Korea cybersecurity firm predicts rise in AI-related cyberthreats next year

SK Shieldus, a Korean cybersecurity company, said Tuesday that cyberthreats involving artificial intelligence technologies are expected to increase next year, calling for measures to strengthen cybersecurity of the corporate domain.

The company picked AI-related threats, evolving ransomware attacks and attacks on cryptocurrency markets as major cybersecurity threats for 2025 in a press event in Seoul.

“In particular, we expect backdoor attacks utilizing deepfake technology to grow,” said Lee Ho-seok, an official leading a qualified security team at SK Shieldus. Backdoor attacks refer to a method of gaining unauthorized access to a system by sidestepping normal authentication procedures.

This year, a total of 2,130 cyberattack cases have been reported in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Verizon. SK Shieldus and the U.S. telecommunications company formed a strategic partnership in September to strengthen their competitiveness in the global cybersecurity market.

“Cyberthreats have become a type of management risk for companies,” SK Shieldus’ CEO Hong Won-pyo said, calling on the companies to pay more attention to cybersecurity issues, including data and AI. (Yonhap)

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