Microsoft systems analyze over 100 trillion daily signals, suggesting dramatically increasing AI-driven cyber-threats.
A new report, the Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025, warns that artificial intelligence is now central to both defending and compromising the digital world, making cybersecurity a defining challenge of the decade.
“We are living through a defining moment in cybersecurity,” said Amy Hogan-Burney, corporate vice president for customer security & trust. “As digital transformation accelerates, supercharged by AI, cyber threats increasingly challenge economic stability and individual safety.”
According to Microsoft, adversaries have begun using generative AI to automate phishing, scale social engineering and discover vulnerabilities faster than humans can patch them.
Author's summary: Microsoft faces 100 trillion security signals daily.