Emerging threats
AI misuse is happening now - and it's evolving
The rapid advancement and accessibility of generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) has introduced new opportunities for malicious actors to exploit for political, financial or ideological gain. As AI misuse becomes more advanced, it also becomes harder to detect and defend against.
Hostile individuals and groups are leveraging AI to:
- Launch automated cyber attacks that can bypass traditional security defences
- Conduct coordinated disinformation campaigns designed to cause reputational damage
- Create deepfakes to spread false narratives
These aren’t future threats; they are happening now - and they pose serious risks to digital security and operational stability. To manage these risks, it’s vital for organisations of all sizes and types to adapt their defences to match the sophistication of the threats.
What is AI Threat Investigation?
Our AI Threat Investigation service helps organisations detect and defend against malicious actors exploiting generative AI to cause harm.
Designed by our team of experts, our service provides you with clear, targeted insights into the impacts of AI misuse, and how it could be weaponised against your organisation.
We translate complex threat actor behaviours into actionable intelligence to help you understand your risk exposure and protect your brand against the evolving AI landscape.
We help clients protect their operations and reputation through a multi-faceted approach:
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
to gather and analyse critical data about relevant threat actors and their activities.
Profile threat actors
relevant to your specific risk landscape to understand who might be targeting your company and why.
Analyse tools and techniques used
by these actors to expose how malicious content is being created and disseminated across platforms.
Contextualise the impact of identified threats
in a comprehensive report to give you a clear view of any risks to your organisation.
Ongoing monitoring reports
to help reduce risk exposure and stay ahead as AI-driven threats continue to evolve.
Awareness and training
to help your team to recognise and respond to AI-enabled threats.
Our methodology
Our approach begins with the profiling of potential threat actors, including influence operations, extremist networks, and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) groups. Using advanced open-source intelligence (OSINT) techniques, our experts gather and analyse critical data to build detailed threat actor profiles.
We then conduct in-depth analysis into how AI is being actively weaponised or may be weaponised in the future against your organisation. Our analysts contextualise this information to highlight the specific risks to your organisation’s operations, brand, or reputation.
We’ll then provide you with tailored recommendations for mitigating any identified risks., and ongoing monitoring reports to ensure you stay ahead as the AI threat landscape continues to evolve.
Initial consultation and scoping
We'll hold an initial consultation with you to understand your specific needs, business objectives, and any concerns regarding AI exploitation by threat actors.
We'll define the scope of the engagement including the systems to be assessed, key stakeholders, and the desired results.
Intelligence gathering
Using advanced OSINT techniques, we'll gather relevant, contextual information about potential threat actors, including their online infrastructure, social media activities, and digital footprints.
Threat actor profiling
We’ll build detailed profiles of relevant threat actors by examining their behaviours, methods, and goals. This includes analysing their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to understand their strategies and motivations.
Analysis
We analyse the collected intelligence to identify patterns and trends in threat actor behaviour.
We’ll examine the techniques, platforms, and tools used by threat actors to generate AI outputs and assess the potential risks and their implications to your organisation.
Deliverables
Report compilation
We’ll compile detailed profiles of AI threat actors, comprehensive AI exploitation analysis, and tailored security recommendations into clear and actionable reports.
Continuous improvement and monitoring
Depending on the scope of the engagement, we can deliver regular monitoring reports that provide updates on threat actor activities and AI exploitation trends. These reports ensure that you remain informed and prepared to respond to evolving threats.
Training
As part of your continuous improvement strategy, we can deliver awareness training sessions to help your team to recognise and respond to AI-enabled threats.
Why choose PGI?
Our AI Threat Investigation service goes beyond surface-level threat monitoring, or simply assessing AI-generated content.
At PGI, we combine human-led expertise with advanced OSINT tools and techniques to uncover both emerging and active AI threats specific to your risk landscape.
Our AI Threat Investigation service will help you:
- Detect and mitigate AI threats before they cause harm, both online and offline
- Make informed risk-based decisions
- Attribute malicious activity to specific actors, networks, or campaigns
- Strengthen operational resilience with practical, informed defences
- Protect your brand, data, and reputation against the evolving AI threat landscape
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