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2025-05-30 05:30
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 … More → The post Using AI to outsmart AI-driven phishing scams appeared first on Help Net Security.
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