89% Rise in AI-enabled attacks as adversaries optimize phishing and social engineering
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AI-enabled attacks rose 89% year over year in 2025, showing that adversaries are using ML and LLMs to scale phishing, social engineering, malware development, and disinformation. The shift matters because AI is making familiar attack methods faster, more convincing, and easier to localize across targets.
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24.02.2026 12:00 2 articles · 3mo ago
CrowdStrike reports 89% rise in AI-enabled attacks
Initial DisclosureCrowdStrike Global Threat Report 2026 says AI-enabled adversary attacks rose 89% in 2025 versus the prior year, with threat actors using ML and LLMs to improve phishing, social engineering, malware development, disinformation, and other campaign workflows; examples include a Chinese intelligence service campaign that used AI to build credible consulting firms to target former US government employees, Renaissance Spider using AI-based tools to make ClickFix phishing emails more convincing for Ukrainian-speaking targets, and LameHug malware embedding LLM prompting for reconnaissance and document collection against Ukraine.
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- AI-powered Cyber-Attacks Up Significantly in the Last Year, Warns CrowdStrike — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 24.02.2026 12:00
- AI-powered Cyber-Attacks Up Significantly in the Last Year, Warns CrowdStrike — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 24.02.2026 12:00