The democratization of large language models has provided cybercriminals with a powerful new tool for crafting phishing emails that are virtually indistinguishable from legitimate business communications.
Unlike traditional phishing campaigns that relied on mass-produced templates riddled with grammatical errors, AI-generated phishing messages are contextually appropriate, linguistically polished, and tailored to individual recipients.
Security researchers have documented a 300 percent increase in successful phishing attacks over the past year, with AI-generated campaigns showing click-through rates several times higher than conventional phishing attempts.
Defending against this new generation of attacks requires moving beyond pattern-matching email filters toward behavioral analysis, continuous authentication, and security awareness training that prepares users for sophisticated social engineering.
