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AI-native operating systems are shifting the responsibility to stay vigilant against social engineering cyberattacks from the user onto the system itself.
As threat actors operationalize AI to accelerate attacks, they are also leveraging the wider global interest around AI itself as a social engineering lure. The post AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Bayer’s security awareness training now focuses on psychological approaches rather than technical methods for detecting social engineering
Microsoft has warned of an active cryptojacking campaign that makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot interactions as a mechanism for surfacing malicious download sites
Frame's AI Models Build Contextualized Security Lessons Automatically in MinutesFrame Security, founded by former Wiz product and sales leader Tal Shlomo, emerged from stealth with $50 million to build AI-generated cyber training and simulations designed to prepare employees for phishing, deepfakes, voice cloning and other personalized social engineering attacks.
Artificial intelligence platforms may be just as susceptible to social engineering as human beings, but they are proving remarkably good at finding security vulnerabilities in human-made computer code. That reality is on full display this month with some of the more widely-used software makers -- including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Oracle -- fixing near record volumes of security bugs, and/or quickening the tempo of their patch releases.
A new cybercrime platform called ATHR can harvest credentials via fully automated voice phishing attacks that use both human operators and AI agents for the social engineering phase. [...]
A new campaign has leveraged the ClickFix social engineering tactic as a way to distribute a previously undocumented malware loader referred to as DeepLoad
Credential theft soared in the second half of 2025, thanks in part to the industrialization of infostealer malware and AI-enabled social engineering.
The browser is becoming the operating system for modern work, yet many enterprises still treat it as an extension of network or endpoint security. Keep Aware's 2026 State of Browser Security Report shows 41% of employees used AI web tools while browser-based phishing, extensions, and social engineering drive new security blind spots. [...]
China, Iran, North Korea Hackers Exploit Gemini Across Attack Life CycleState-backed hackers weaponized Google's artificial intelligence model Gemini to accelerate cyberattacks, using the productivity tool as an offensive asset for reconnaissance, social engineering and malware development. Google said it has disabled accounts and strengthened defenses.
The more you share online, the more you open yourself to social engineering If you've seen the viral AI work pic trend where people are asking ChatGPT to "create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me" and sharing it to social, you might think it's harmless. You'd be wrong.…
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as UNC1069 has been observed targeting the cryptocurrency sector to steal sensitive data from Windows and macOS systems with the ultimate goal of facilitating financial theft
Cybersecurity threats in 2026 are accelerating, driven by AI, automation, and more effective social engineering. Corelight outlines six emerging attack trends and explains how network visibility can help defenders respond faster. [...]
A new twist on the social engineering tactic is making waves, combining SEO poisoning and legitimate AI domains to install malware on victims' computers.
2026 will mark a pivotal shift in cybersecurity. Threat actors are moving from experimenting with AI to making it their primary weapon, using it to scale attacks, automate reconnaissance, and craft hyper-realistic social engineering campaigns
A major US real estate firm has been targeted with an advanced intrusion attempt using Tuoni C2, combining social engineering, steganography and in-memory attacks
Cybercriminals are weaponizing AI voice cloning and publicly available data to craft social engineering scams that emotionally manipulate senior citizens—and drain billions from their savings.
European organizations face an escalating cyber threat landscape as attackers leverage geopolitical tensions and AI-enhanced social engineering for attacks.