Phishing scams used to be filled with awkward wording and obvious grammar mistakes. Not anymore. AI is now making it
harder to distinguish what is real.
According to Cofense,
email-based scams surged 70% year over year, driven by AI’s ability to automate lures, spoof internal conversations, and
bypass spam filters with subtle text variations.
Criminals use AI algorithms to analyze large amounts of data to understand the interests, behavior, and preferences of their target. For this purpose, they use specialized tools such as
FraudGPT, which can be found on underground channels. Unlike the popular ChatGPT, it is devoid of any restrictions preventing it from answering questions about illegal activity.
Using AI to outsmart AI-driven phishing scams - Help Net Security
