Microsoft to Launch AI Cybersecurity ‘Agents’
In response to growing threats, Microsoft is launching 11 AI cybersecurity agents capable of autonomously identifying and analyzing suspicious emails, blocking attempted hacks and gathering intelligence on where attacks originate.
These agents are part of the company’s broader initiative to use AI to combat cybercrime at scale.
Hacking by criminals, fraudsters and spy agencies has reached a level of “unprecedented complexity”, Microsoft’s VP of Security, Vasu Jakkal said recently. Speaking with Sky News, she warned: “There’s no way any human can keep up with the volume.”
She also revealed that the tech firm had tracked 30 billion phishing emails last year, acknowledging “an increase in the scale, the speed and the sophistication of attacks”.
Cyber espionage and warfare ranks as a top short- and long-term risk.Image: World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025 ranks cyber espionage and warfare as the fifth most severe threat faced by the world in the next two years, and ninth over the next decade.
