Beware! How AI is writing phishing emails that look real

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In summary:

PCWorld reports that AI-powered “Deepphish” attacks are dramatically increasing phishing success rates, with effectiveness jumping from 0.69% to 20.9% by using personalized content gathered from social media.

Criminal AI tools like FraudGPT and WormGPT bypass ethical filters to create convincing phishing emails with realistic sender domains, specifically targeting Gmail users with urgent requests.

AI-generated malware can now evade major antivirus detection, with tools like Stopwatch AI demonstrating how malware variants can go from 9 detections to zero on security platforms.

Back in February 2025, several media outlets warned of a new threat targeting users of Google’s Gmail email service. Attackers used AI technology to perfect phish