Back in May 2024, the FBI issued a warning about the increasing threat of cybercriminals using AI in their scams to make it difficult for users to spot.
Unilad reports:
Cybercriminals are seemingly using all the right tricks to take advantage of innocent web users and recently, they have been targeting Gmail customers, which sees them use AI to create realistic phone calls and send out seemingly legitimate emails.
Following these hyper realistic phone calls, an email is then sent which prompts users to a website that seemingly looks identical to that of the Google website. But the link is very much scam.
And if that link is pressed, then the hackers have the ability to commit identity, financial and information theft.
Spencer Starkey, a vice-president at SonicWall, has stated companies such as Google need to be on their toes to ensure their users are safe.
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Robert Tripp, from the FBI, said at the time: “Attackers are leveraging AI to craft highly convincing voice or video messages and emails to enable fraud schemes against individuals and businesses alike.
Read more at Unilad.
