UK Cybersecurity Agency Warns About Bogus AI Email Scams

According to the NCSC, generative AI technologies will soon enable amateur cybercriminals to conduct sophisticated phishing assaults.

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The UK's cybersecurity agency has warned that AI would make it harder to determine whether emails are legitimate or sent by fraudsters and hostile actors

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According to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the complexity of AI technologies will make it difficult for humans to spot phishing communications.

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The NCSC stated about AI's influence on the UK's cyber threats that AI will "almost certainly" increase the amount and severity of cyber-attacks over the next two years.

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It also stated that generative AI and huge language models will hamper efforts to detect various forms of attacks such as fake messages and social engineering.

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UK Cybersecurity Agency Warns About Bogus AI Email Scams

According to the NCSC, generative AI technologies will soon enable amateur cybercriminals to conduct sophisticated phishing assaults.

The UK's cybersecurity agency has warned that AI would make it harder to determine whether emails are legitimate or sent by fraudsters and hostile actors

According to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the complexity of AI technologies will make it difficult for humans to spot phishing communications.

The NCSC stated about AI's influence on the UK's cyber threats that AI will "almost certainly" increase the amount and severity of cyber-attacks over the next two years.

It also stated that generative AI and huge language models will hamper efforts to detect various forms of attacks such as fake messages and social engineering.

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