In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, malicious and autonomous AI systems, driven by dark intelligence and exploiting cognitive and cyber-physical vulnerabilities, pose a significant threat to interconnected AI and digital twin ecosystems. These emerging risks demand practical strategies to strengthen cyber resilience and safeguard critical infrastructures. AI and Digital Twins Under Siege addresses these challenges by proposing comprehensive and adaptive defense mechanisms.

Recent advances in AI and digital twin technologies have introduced complex vulnerabilities beyond traditional cybersecurity models. Dark intelligence represents a new threat paradigm that requires integrated and dynamic security frameworks. While existing research explores AI ethics, resilience and defense, these areas are often fragmented and lack a clear focus regarding evolving attack dynamics and real-world threats such as AI-driven exploitation.

This book bridges this gap by offering a unified perspective that combines technical, operational and policy insights. It provides actionable frameworks to counter adversarial AI, supporting secure and resilient digital innovation across critical sectors.

Mariya Ouaissa is an assistant professor at Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco. Her research focuses on IoT, wireless and cyber-physical security.

Hemant Kumar Saini is an academic at Lincoln University College, Malaysia, and Bennett University, Greater Noida, India. His research spans IoT, wireless networks and AI.

Pankaj Bhambri is a post-doctoral researcher at Lincoln University College, Malaysia, and an associate professor at GNDEC, Ludhiana, India. His research specializes in ML, bioinformatics and WSNs.

Mariyam Ouaissa is an assistant professor at ENSA, Chouaib Doukkali University, Morocco. Her research focuses on IoT, wireless networks and security.