Machine threats are when the machine learning that we do on the inside is being turned to the outside against our perimeter. These types of attacks include DNS tunneling, attaching to Tor networks, and sending rogue authentication requests to directory services. Automation has allowed hackers to gather even more intelligence than they had previously been able to obtain. This is going to be huge in the IoT space, said Citrix’s CSO Stan Black, as there is no clearly defined and consistently accepted understanding of them.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3160057/machine-behaviors-that-threaten-enterprise-security.html