AI Pfishing

[NickZ]

AI is now present in many Google Services.
Still people love their Gmails, even though the withhold mails from you.

The threat which is lurking is narrated here:

The much more sophisticated “spear phishing” attacks do better. These are personalized and so take time and attention. There are less of them but more get through. This is where AI is now playing and it will be terrifying. A new report from Hoxhunt warns that these AI-crafted attacks can now beat human attacks for the first time.

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/04/05/new-gmail-outlook-warning-unbeatable-ai-attacks-are-suddenly-here/

Drama level 125%, be warned.

 

[fisicx]

This has been around for a while. You can stay safe by keeping off SM (or at least not posting personal details) and never ever clicking on links in an email.

But people do. They post everything on FB, and believe every email they receive. Even the emails from Donald Trump (which I got today).

Even worse, the ransomware gangs are now threatening violence to family members if you don’t pay up.

 

[ctrlbrk]

Even the emails from Donald Trump (which I got today).

Let me guess: he needed some cash because secret service are preventing him from going to the ATM.

 

[fisicx]

No, it was very cleverly worded, personalised and all about software and tariffs.

If it had been from a legal company I might have considered following the link.

 

[ctrlbrk]

No, it was very cleverly worded, personalised and all about software and tariffs.

Shame. Some of them can be really entertaining.

 

[NickZ]

This has been around for a while. You can stay safe by keeping off SM (or at least not posting personal details) and never ever clicking on links in an email.

But people do. They post everything on FB, and believe every email they receive. Even the emails from Donald Trump (which I got today).

Yeap people still do that.
Common sense prevails usually.