Cybersecurity

The Dark Side of LLMs: How Generative AI Is Fueling Sophisticated Social Engineering

Business leaders have always been impressed by Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI. You can see the productivity gains clearly. This includes writing great marketing copy and automating tricky customer service tasks. As we use these powerful tools more in our work, a dangerous threat appears. This threat is more harmful than traditional cyber risks. We are entering a new age of digital deception. Generative AI is quickly becoming a top tool for complex social engineering attacks. This poses a serious risk to company security, finances, and reputation. Beyond Phishing 1.0 Remember the poorly spelled Nigerian prince emails? Those crude attempts at fraud now belong to a bygone era. Generative AI gives threat attackers access to tools that only nation-states or big criminal groups had before. This makes advanced…