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CHATBOTS A CATCH FOR PHISHERS
Report reveals that nearly three-quarters ( 71 %) of AI detectors can ’ t tell if a phishing email has been written by a chatbot .
Egress , a cybersecurity company providing intelligent email security , has released its second Phishing Threat Trends Report .
The report ’ s findings demonstrate the evolving attack methodologies used by cybercriminals that are designed to get through traditional perimeter security including secure email gateways .
The report delves into key phishing trends , including the most phished topic , explores prevalent obfuscation techniques being used to bypass perimeter defenses , and examines whether chatbots have really revolutionized cyberattacks .
All phishing threat data and examples contained within this report were taken from Egress Defend , an Integrated Cloud Email Security solution that uses intelligent technology to detect and defend against the most sophisticated phishing attacks .
Within seconds a chatbot can scrape the Internet for open-source information about a chosen target that can be leveraged as a pretext for social engineering campaigns .
“ Without a doubt chatbots or large language models ( LLM ) lower the barrier for entry to cybercrime , making it possible to create well-written phishing campaigns and generate malware that less capable coders could not produce alone ,” said Jack Chapman , VP of Threat Intelligence , Egress .
“ However , one of the most concerning , but least talked about applications of LLMs is reconnaissance
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