Enhancing Email Security: The Pivotal Role of AI in Defending Against Evolving Cyber Threats

Posted: 2nd Jan 2025

Malware’s rise presents a rigorous challenge for organizations, meaning their security teams must remain ever-vigilant. Unfortunately, business email compromise (BEC), which takes advantage of communication channel vulnerabilities, has become a significant attack vector that has impacted many organizations. For example, unlike phishing, BEC enables full-scale account takeovers so threat actors can access sensitive data, financial assets, and confidential information.

BEC is a significant problem. According to VIPRE Security data, 49% of all detected spam emails are attributed to BEC scams. The most common BEC targets include the CEO, HR, and IT. The situation becomes more sinister when as many as 40% of the BEC emails uncovered were AI-generated, and in some instances, AI likely created the entire message. Organizations without measures to detect these advanced threats could face double the risk compared to 12 months ago.

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