Phishing becomes more credible through generative AI and identity data from leaks, while technical filters increasingly fail—a strategic combination of FIDO2 authentication, frequent training, and high reporting rates is now necessary.
AI chatbots are increasingly being abused for brand phishing, forcing organizations to prioritize preventive security measures instead of reacting to attacks.
APT28 manipulates hotel WLANs through DNS redirection and device code authentication to steal OAuth tokens and bypass MFA—VPN tunneling and encrypted DNS are required.
AI optimizes existing attack vectors such as phishing and credential abuse, while ransomware campaigns simultaneously employ data theft and multi-layered extortion – human judgment remains the primary attack surface.
Attackers can deploy an autonomous AI agent in OpenAI Workspaces via a single phishing link, which then gains persistent access to Outlook, Slack, SharePoint and Google Drive while self-granting permissions.
Laundry Bear exploits an unpatched Zimbra security vulnerability using “half-click” phishing emails that are triggered by opening or previewing a message to attack US and Ukrainian targets.
