Generative AI like ChatGPT leads to 135% increase in phishing email attacks, report says

News on April 4th, according to the latest research report released by the network security company Darktrace, attackers use generative AI such as ChatGPT to add text descriptions, punctuation Symbols and sentence length increase social engineering attacks by 135%.

The report studied more than 6,700 employees in the UK, US, France, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands, and 82% were concerned that hackers could use generative AI to create Scam emails that are indistinguishable from genuine communications.

The report also states that 30% of employees globally have been scammed by a fraudulent email or text message in the past. Additionally, 87% are concerned about the amount of personal information about them provided online that could be used for phishing and other email scams.

The frequency of scam emails and text messages has increased by 70% in the past 6 months, and 79% of corporate spam filters mistakenly blocked important legitimate emails from reaching their inboxes.

The top three characteristics of IT House users who believe that the email is a phishing attack are as follows:

• The email requires the user to click on a link or open an attachment (68%)
• From unknown sender or unexpected content (61%)
• Improper use of spelling and grammar (61%)

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