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Aim: The aim of this paper is to present the new opportunities that the rise of artificial intelligence presents for social engineering defence strategies.
Methodology: The authors present the methods of social engineering, the milestones of artificial intelligence, and the expected usefulness of artificial intelligence in the field of cyber attacks by searching, summarizing and analysing the relevant literature.
Findings: Artificial intelligence is already playing a key role in defending against increasingly sophisticated attacks, but it is important to remember that it is also a race, where the ideal would be for researchers and developers to be one step ahead of cybercriminals in prevention. Experience has shown that incorporating artificial intelligence into security protocols significantly increases the effectiveness of defences, but continuous human monitoring is also a cornerstone of a cyber defence strategy.
Value: In this paper, we will describe the different types of social engineering crimes, the evolution of artificial intelligence - its history, its eras; and models based on linguistic processing, and their role in the perpetration of crimes. The potential uses in defence and the software currently available will be explored. Special attention is given to a recent study on the creation of the first generative worm by researchers. Finally, we circle around the inevitable question of where the role of humans in cyber defence lies when artificial intelligence is present.
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