Recent FBI alerts confirm that threat actors are increasingly utilizing GenAI to enhance financial fraud and extortion tactics, making traditional methods like phishing more effective. AI-generated content aids in creating convincing spear-phishing emails and realistic fake social media profiles. As these attacks become more accessible, organizations must prepare for a growing trend in cyber threats. Affected: organizations, financial sector
Keypoints :
- Threat actors are leveraging GenAI to lower barriers for financial fraud and extortion.
- AI-generated text improves the quality of spear-phishing emails through better language and grammar.
- AI-generated images create more believable fake social media profiles for reconnaissance.
- Financially motivated threat actors are expanding their reach, impacting more organizations.
- Organizations need to validate their defense strategies to prepare for increasing AI-based attacks.
- Tidal Cyber collaborates with AI threat researchers to enhance threat intelligence content.
- Kimsuky, a prolific threat group, has adopted AI-enabled techniques for vulnerability research and spear-phishing.
- The Tidal Cyber platform allows users to assess their defenses against specific AI-related threats.
- Defensive strategies include vulnerability management and user awareness training.
- Threat-Informed Defense synthesizes intelligence to improve security posture against evolving threats.
MITRE Techniques :
- T1588.006 – Using AI tools like Chat GPT for vulnerability research to find and exploit vulnerabilities more efficiently.
- T1566 – Utilizing AI tools to craft convincing phishing emails for spear-phishing campaigns.
Full Research: https://www.tidalcyber.com/blog/build-resilience-as-threat-actors-use-ai-to-lower-the-barriers-to-entry