@selenalarson, who currently focuses on threats delivered via email, says her team is seeing a noticeable uptick in AI slop. But, she notes, it hasn't changed detections because the language is the same, what they are asking for is the same, and the attachments and the behaviors are the same as they were pre-AI.
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New on the Netcraft blog: A stage-by-stage breakdown of executive impersonation, from target selection and OSINT collection through identity construction, credibility building, urgency, and the final request.
The impersonation typically happens on infrastructure the targeted organization doesn’t control, including fake social profiles, lookalike domains, and private messaging apps, there may be no compromised account to detect.
https://www.netcraft.com/blog/anatomy-of-an-exec-impersonation-scam
#infosec #BEC #ExecutiveImpersonation #Deepfake #ThreatIntel #FraudPrevention
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Dr. Nicola Fox Hamilton spoke at #Irisscon today about the psychological vulnerabilities we ALL have that make us open to scams and phishing. Also, mistakes and near-misses happen, and talking about them is important, both on a personal level and a professional one. Falling victim is not a reflection of our intelligence or of how much we care about our organization.