Defending against AI-fueled social engineering
Sep 1, 2026Joe DeFever

Summary
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.