AI is making the scammer's job easier

AI is making the scammer's job easier

Social engineering has overtaken malware as the dominant way attackers get in — and AI is now doing the heavy lifting. LLM-generated phishing emails are grammatically sound, contextually relevant, and linguistically natural. That is a very polite way of saying the old sloppy tells are gone.

Gobbles' Take: A polished message used to mean safety. Now it might just mean a better scammer. Source: Dark Dossier

WhatsApp is paying attention to impersonation

WhatsApp says it is reserving names associated with high-profile figures and verified organizations, and that its systems will watch for impersonation patterns. For families, that matters — because impersonation is the whole game in lookalike-contact and account-takeover scams. A too-perfect name is a reason to slow down, not speed up.

Gobbles' Take: A familiar name isn't proof. It's just the start of the check. Source: Perplexity Search

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