Cybersecurity firms are sounding the alarm about a dramatic increase in phishing attacks that use artificial intelligence to craft highly convincing fraudulent emails. The attacks are bypassing traditional spam filters at alarming rates.
According to a report released this week by CrowdStrike, AI-generated phishing emails have increased by 340 percent over the past year, with success rates nearly double those of conventional attacks.
The Evolution of Social Engineering
The new generation of phishing tools can analyze a target's writing style from publicly available emails and social media posts, then generate messages that mimic their colleagues or business partners with uncanny accuracy.
Security researchers say organizations need to move beyond email-based authentication and adopt zero-trust frameworks that verify every interaction.
