Social Engineering 2.0: When Artificial Intelligence Becomes The Ultimate Manipulator - The Bulrushes

Social Engineering 2.0: When AI becomes the ultimate manipulator

Once the domain of elite spies and con artists, social engineering is now in the hands of anyone with an internet connection – and artificial intelligence (AI) is the accomplice. Supercharged by generative tools and deepfake technology, today’s social engineering attacks are no longer sloppy phishing attempts. They’re targeted, psychologically precise, and frighteningly scalable. Welcome to Social Engineering 2.0, where the manipulators don’t ne…

How To Tell If A Photo’s Fake? You Probably Can’t. That’s Why New Rules Are Needed - Stuff South Africa

The problem is simple: it’s hard to know whether a photo’s real or not anymore. Photo manipulation tools are so good, so common and easy to use, that a picture’s truthfulness is no longer guaranteed. The situation got trickier with the uptake of generative artificial intelligence. Anyone with an internet connection can cook up just about any image, plausible or fantasy, with photorealistic quality, and present it as real. This affects our abilit…

AI: The New Face Of Social Engineering

Supercharged by generative tools and deepfake technology, today’s social engineering attacks are no longer sloppy phishing attempts.

Social Engineering 2.0: When Artificial Intelligence Becomes The Ultimate Manipulator - The Bulrushes

Johannesburg – Once the domain of elite spies and con artists, social engineering is now in the hands of anyone with an internet connection – and AI is the accomplice. Supercharged by generative tools and deepfake technology, today’s social engineering attacks are no longer sloppy phishing attempts. They’re targeted, psychologically precise, and frighteningly scalable. Welcome to Social Engineering 2.0, where the manipulators don’t need to know …

AI-Powered Phishing: The Future Of Digital Fraud

The Nigerian princes certainly had a long and fantastic run, but now they’re being replaced by AI (artificial intelligence)… Gone are the days when scammers wielded mediocre power, having to rely on their understanding of the processes and language. AI is fuelling the next wave of cybercrime, with attackers employing generative AI to automate, scale, [...] The post AI-Powered Phishing: The Future Of Digital Fraud appeared first on Sify.