AI-generated phishing emails are getting very good at targeting executives | Hyper-personalized emails use “an immense amount” of scraped data about a person.

“We’re starting to see very targeted attacks that have scraped an immense amount of information about a person.””

“AI bots can quickly ingest large quantities of data about the tone and style of a company or individual and replicate these features to craft a convincing scam.

They can also scrape a victim’s online presence and social media activity to determine what topics they may be most likely to respond to—helping hackers generate bespoke phishing scams at scale.

“The availability of generative AI tools lowers the entry threshold for advanced cybercrime,” … “We’ve witnessed a growth in the volume of all kinds of cyberattacks,” particularly in “polished and closely targeted” phishing scams.

… AI had given hackers “the ability to write a perfect phishing email.”

… More than 90 percent of successful cyber attacks begin with a phishing email.”