The Slovakia Election Deepfake: AI’s Threat to Democracy
In 2023, Slovakia became a cautionary tale when a fake audio recording targeting a prominent candidate in its national election sparked widespread outrage and concerns about electoral fraud. This article examines the mechanics of the attack, its fallout, and the...
Malicious Attachment generation with generative AI
Spreading malware or gaining initial access through email attachment is the third most common phishing tactic. Because of the scale of our phishing operations at Arsen, we wanted to explore the use of generative AI to craft malicious attachments. This...
Generative AI Phishing Scenarios
GenAI phishing is now a thing. You might want to deploy it for your clients or your company but you might also want some scenario suggestions to get your creative juices flowing. This article is for you, we compiled and...
Using third party LLMs for genAI phishing operations
With the rise of genAI phishing, you might be tempted to use it for your phishing operations. Using a third party, well trained LLM has obvious advantages, from infrastructure cost — this GPU time isn’t cheap — to ease of interaction...
Effective generative AI for phishing engagements
If you’ve been reading our content, you’re probably itching to shoot some genAI phishing for your next simulation campaign. But one does not simply ask ChatGPT for a cool phishing email. Here are our best practices to deploy generative AI in your...
Use of AI in Social Engineering Attacks
From phishing to fake transfer scams, social engineering is rampant. User manipulation is responsible for a large number of cyberattacks, and the situation is not improving. Simultaneously, the rapid development of large language models, or LLMs, and the generative AI of late...