The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that AI technology, particularly generative AI tools, will make phishing attacks harder to identify. The NCSC states that generative AI and large language models will increase the number of cyber attacks and exacerbate their impact, especially as the identification of social engineering and deceptive information becomes more complex. The report highlights that hackers are using AI technology to create more convincing fraudulent documents, and ransomware attacks are expected to rise, intensifying the threat to citizens and organizations. Generative AI tools have already...

According to the '2023 Phishing Report' released by SlashNext, malicious phishing emails have surged by 1265% since the fourth quarter of 2022. Generative AI, such as ChatGPT, is widely used to create sophisticated phishing messages, ushering in a new era of cybercrime. There are 31,000 phishing attacks occurring each day, with 68% being text-based Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud. IBM research has found that ChatGPT can generate fake emails and has made recommendations for addressing email deception threats.

IBM's research found that phishing emails generated by ChatGPT are deceptive. Although the click-through rate is slightly lower than human-generated emails, ChatGPT produces them much faster. IBM hackers indicate that artificial intelligence is continuously advancing and is expected to surpass human capabilities.