As 2025 kicked off, the cybersecurity world saw a massive shift in social engineering. Threat actors began utilizing advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) to create phishing campaigns that were virtually indistinguishable from legitimate corporate communications.
Key Events:
- The “Deepfake CFO” Incident: A major multinational firm lost over $25 million after an employee was deceived by a high-fidelity deepfake video call.
- Hyper-Personalized Phishing: AI scraping of LinkedIn data allowed for messages that bypassed traditional filters.
Takeaway: Human intuition is no longer enough. Organizations must implement “Zero Trust” protocols even for internal video calls.