Non-Stop BioDigital Attack Surfaces: Reviewing AI-Augmented Biocybersecurity and Cyberbiosecurity
Information lies at the center of biology and computation - systems and networks, similarly, undergird both domains. This cyber-native similarity has introduced digital and biophysical security considerations to one another: DNA-based exploits for remote code execution, wastewater public health infrastructure ransomware, and medical image artificial tumor removal and addition have all been demonstrated as viable attack vectors within the past decade. Concerns about hardening vaccine supply, agriculture, and bioproduct manufacturing have already been raised. Artificial intelligence (AI) has enabled some of these attack vectors, particularly in improved obfuscation, as well as demonstrated use in identifying potential attackers. This talk will discuss integration of AI into cyberbiosecurity (CBS) and biocybersecurity (BCS) frameworks, discussing its positioning as a fundamental driver of risk across discovery, automation, and adversarial thinking in biocyber workflows. It will also cover recent biocyber attack vectors, with an emphasis on those made possible through AI. It is imperative that our defenses evolve as quickly as the algorithms designing the next attack.
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