What cyber experts fear most in 2026: AI-powered scams, deepfakes, and cybercrime
- Jan 4
- 1 min read
Recently, I asked several cybersecurity experts, including my colleagues here at PCMag, for their predictions on online privacy and safety in 2026.
After all, 2025 was tumultuous, with scammers infiltrating social media platforms, hackers utilizing AI to automate various crimes-as-a-service businesses, and ransomware attacks hitting companies throughout the year. While not exactly surprising, most of the responses were pretty negative, to say the least.
Why the doom and gloom? In short, generative AI has had a significant impact on the tech industry, and we are now starting to see its effects on security. It’s hard to know the true long-term impacts that unregulated, unrestricted generative AI tools will have on society, but for now, it’s definitely making crime a lot easier.
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