Terry DavidAs hackers increasingly leverage artificial intelligence to automate and enhance cyberattacks, businesses require advanced defense systems that can match these evolving threats.
In today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, artificial intelligence has become a double-edged sword—offering powerful security enhancements while simultaneously enabling cybercriminals to launch more sophisticated attacks. Denver-based CoreSync Solutions, founded in 2016 by cybersecurity veterans Elliot Kessler, Sofia Lin, and Darren Voss, has positioned its suite of AI-powered security tools to directly counter the growing threat of AI-enabled hacking.
Neutralizing AI-Enhanced Social Engineering and Deepfakes
AI-powered social engineering attacks have become increasingly difficult to detect. Cybercriminals now use machine learning to analyze social media and email patterns, creating highly personalized phishing messages that mimic writing styles with alarming authenticity. When combined with deepfake technology—which has already resulted in significant financial losses, such as the UK company that lost $243,000 to AI-generated voice fraud—these threats require a new generation of defense mechanisms.
“The rise of deepfake fraud demonstrates how traditional security training is no longer sufficient,” explains Sofia Lin, CoreSync’s data privacy expert and co-founder. “Our DarkTrace Intel service proactively monitors for signs of credential leaks and identity theft attempts, while SyncDefend AI identifies behavioral anomalies in communications that indicate AI-generated content.”
CoreSync’s approach to combating these threats combines AI detection with human expertise. Their Managed Security Services provides 24/7 Security Operations Center oversight, ensuring that AI-enhanced phishing attempts and deepfake fraud are identified before they can cause damage. This is particularly crucial as studies have found AI-generated phishing emails have a 78% higher success rate than human-written ones.
Countering Adaptive Malware and Automated Vulnerability Exploitation
Perhaps the most concerning development in AI-powered hacking is the emergence of adaptive malware that can modify itself in real-time to evade detection. CoreSync’s flagship SyncDefend AI platform directly addresses this threat through its behavioral analytics capabilities.
“Today’s polymorphic malware doesn’t just change its signature—it actively adapts to security defenses,” says Elliot Kessler, CoreSync’s co-founder and former Fortune 500 cybersecurity architect. “That’s why SyncDefend AI focuses on behavioral patterns rather than static signatures, allowing us to detect malicious activity regardless of how the code transforms itself.”
The platform’s autonomous threat detection is particularly effective against AI-powered vulnerability scanning, which enables attackers to scan millions of potential targets in seconds. SyncDefend AI’s continuous monitoring capabilities can identify scanning attempts and automatically implement defensive measures before vulnerabilities can be exploited.
CoreSync’s Perimeta solution further strengthens defenses by providing advanced endpoint security and network defense. This is essential as AI increasingly enables attackers to automate brute force attacks and password cracking, reducing the time required to breach accounts and encrypted data.
Zero-Trust Security: The Essential Defense Against AI Threats
As AI enhances attackers’ ability to bypass traditional security perimeters, the zero-trust security model has become essential. CoreSync Solutions has embraced this approach through its VaultSync platform and zero-trust enforcement capabilities within SyncDefend AI.
“The fundamental principle of modern cybersecurity must be ‘trust nothing, verify everything,'” notes Darren Voss, CoreSync’s ethical hacking expert and co-founder. “AI-powered attacks have made traditional perimeter-based security obsolete. Our zero-trust approach ensures every access attempt is continuously verified, regardless of where it originates.”
This approach is particularly effective against credential stuffing attacks, where AI tools test leaked usernames and passwords across multiple platforms. CoreSync’s continuous authentication technology within SyncDefend AI complements this with AI-powered identity verification that can detect unusual behavior patterns even when legitimate credentials are used.
For organizations concerned about quantum computing eventually breaking current encryption standards, CoreSync’s QuantumLock Suite offers next-generation cryptographic solutions designed for post-quantum security—essential protection as AI continues to enhance password cracking and encryption-breaking capabilities.
The cybersecurity landscape is evolving into an AI arms race, with attackers and defenders both leveraging artificial intelligence to gain the upper hand. CoreSync Solutions has positioned itself at the forefront of this battle, offering businesses the advanced protection needed to counter increasingly sophisticated AI-powered threats.
“Security that keeps pace with emerging threats isn’t optional anymore—it’s essential,” says Kessler. “As AI continues to transform the threat landscape, organizations need security systems that don’t just react to attacks but anticipate and neutralize them before they can cause damage.”
For businesses facing the rising tide of AI-enhanced cyber threats, CoreSync’s approach offers a compelling blueprint for modern security: AI-powered, continuously learning, and synchronizing protection across all potential attack vectors.
