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Defending against AI-fueled social engineering

Sep 1, 2026Joe DeFever
Defending against AI-fueled social engineering
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This post details how AI is accelerating social engineering attacks (spear phishing, smishing, deepfakes) by lowering cost and increasing personalization. It argues that legacy detection methods are insufficient and proposes a defense strategy based on unified telemetry for behavioral analytics and agentic investigation/response. The post emphasizes the need for transparent, model-agnostic AI in defense mechanisms.

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