Guides
Every guide to AI powered cyber attacks
Start with the main guides, then go deeper on the parts that apply to you.
Last reviewed against NCSC (UK), Anthropic and UK Government (DSIT and Home Office). Sources
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The main guides
Am I exposed?
A practical checklist to see whether your payment processes, inboxes, systems and AI tools are open to AI powered attacks, for UK organisations.
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How to defend
An ordered plan for UK organisations to defend against AI powered attacks: payment checks, phishing, patching, AI tool limits, logging and the board.
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Timeline
A dated, sourced timeline of AI related cyber attack cases and UK guidance, from the Arup deepfake fraud in 2024 to the 2026 breaches survey.
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Questions
Sourced answers on AI powered cyber attacks: what they are, how deepfake fraud works, prompt injection, UK figures and what organisations should do.
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About this site
Who runs AI Cyber Attack, why it exists and how its sourced account of AI powered attacks is kept accurate for UK organisations.
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AI phishing
How AI strengthens phishing and impersonation, what the UK survey shows about phishing, and the process checks that still work.
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Deepfake fraud
How a deepfake video call led to HK$200m being sent to criminals at Arup, what Arup said, and the checks that would have put a stop in the way.
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AI intrusion
What Anthropic reported about an AI-run espionage campaign, what the NCSC expects to 2027, and what UK organisations should take from both.
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Prompt injection
Why the NCSC says prompt injection may never be fully mitigated, and the four design measures UK teams can use to limit its impact.
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AI tools at work
How UK organisations can govern the AI tools staff use, using NCSC guidance, the government's Code of Practice and the OWASP list of LLM risks.
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Questions people ask
Are they new?
Are AI powered attacks a new threat or a faster version of old ones? What the NCSC and the UK survey say, and what it means for priorities.
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Can it be fixed?
The NCSC says prompt injection probably cannot be fully prevented. What that means for buying AI products and for how UK teams design them.
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Patching is one job. Keeping a vulnerable system safe until it is patched, and proving it, is several more. CyPro's consultants, testers and SOC analysts can take any of them off your plate.
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Hardening and segmentation
Our consultants put the controls in place that limit the damage when something is missed: firewall rules, network isolation and tighter admin access.
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Our SOC analysts watch your systems day and night for the signs of an attack in progress: unexpected processes, new outbound connections, logins that do not fit.
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Penetration testing
A focused test of your systems and the controls around them, so you know they hold before an attacker finds out for you.
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Incident response
If you may already be compromised, our responders contain it, preserve the evidence, find out what was touched and get you running again safely.
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A senior security lead who advises the board on what to fix first, what to accept and what to tell customers, and owns the decision record.
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Know your exposure
Not sure you are protected?
Many of the risks here sit in how an organisation uses AI: what tools staff run, what they can reach and who owns the risk. AI governance work sets that out so controls match the tools in use.