Citations

"Generative AI and Agentic Systems: The New Frontline in Phishing and Smishing Defense" Mazhar Hamayun/checkpoint.com.

https://blog.checkpoint.com/executive-insights/generative-ai-and-agentic-systems-the-new-frontline-in-phishing-and-smishing-defense

"Turing in a Box: Applying Artificial Intelligence as a Service to Targeted Phishing and Defending against AI-generated Attacks" Lim et al./Blackhat.

https://i.blackhat.com/USA21/Wednesday-Handouts/US-21-Lim-Turing-in-a-Box-wp.pdf

"With generative AI, social engineering gets more dangerous—and harder to spot" Kosinski and Carruthers/IBM

https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/generative-ai-social-engineering

"Digital Deception: Generative Artificial Intelligence in Social Engineering and Phishing" Schmitt and Flechais/Arxiv.org.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13715

"FBI, Phishing" FBI.gov.

https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/scams-and-safety/common-frauds-and-scams/spoofing-and-phishing

"Microsoft Security" Microsoft.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/security-101/what-is-phishing

"What is a phishing attack?" Cloudflare/Cloudflare Learning Center.

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/phishing-attack

"Assessing AI vs Human-Authored Spear Phishing SMS Attacks: An Empirical Study" Francia et al./Arxiv.org.

https://arxiv.org/html/2406.13049v2

"NIST DICTIONARY" NIST/National Institute of Standards and Technology.

https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/phishing

"Evaluating Large Language Models’ Capability to Launch Fully Automated Spear Phishing Campaigns: Validated on Human Subjects" Heiding et al./Arxiv.org.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.00586

"The AI Duel Between Cyber Attackers And Corporate Defenders" Schiffer, David/Forbes.com.

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/11/17/the-ai-duel-between-cyber-attackers-and-corporate-defenders

"Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Fulfill National Security Objectives; and Fostering the Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence" whitehouse.gov.

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/10/24/memorandum-on-advancing-the-united-states-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence-harnessing-artificial-intelligence-to-fulfill-national-security-objectives-and-fostering-the-safety-security

"The Evolving Fraud Economy: How AI is Reshaping Digital Risks" sift.com.

https://sift.com/blog/the-evolving-fraud-economy-how-ai-is-reshaping-digital-risks

"Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud" ic3.gov.

https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA241203

"Fears of a Trillion-Dollar AI Bubble Are on the Rise" Adan, Harris/tradealgo.com.

https://www.tradealgo.com/news/fears-of-a-trillion-dollar-ai-bubble-are-on-the-rise

"AI-supported spear phishing fools more than 50% of targets" Arntz, Pieter/MalwareBytes.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/ai-supported-spear-phishing-fools-more-than-50-of-targets

"APT38: Details on New North Korean Regime-Backed Threat Group" Mandiant.

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt38-details-on-new-north-korean-regime-backed-threat-group

"We set out to craft the perfect phishing scam. Major AI chatbots were happy to help." Steve Stecklow Poppy Mcpherson/Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ai-chatbots-cyber

"OpenAI has now done $1 trillion of computing deals this year" Samuel O'Brient/AOL.

https://www.aol.com/articles/openai-now-done-1-trillion-145429030.html

"Evaluation of a mandatory phishing training program for high-risk employees at a US healthcare system" Gordon William/Pubmed Central. & NIH.gov

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6515532

"PREVENTION OF PHISHING ATTACKS: A THREE-PILLARED APPROACH" Miller et al./University of North Alabama.

https://iacis.org/iis/2020/2_iis_2020_1-8.pdf