Sam's News — email-security — 2026-08-13¶

Security¶

7 AI-powered phishing attacks grow more convincing; defense strategies emerge¶

AI-powered phishing attacks have become significantly more sophisticated, using generative AI to craft perfect grammar and reference actual job titles and business news, bypassing traditional detection. Defenses include DMARC, domain monitoring, out-of-band verification, URL inspection, skepticism of urgency, and phishing-resistant MFA.

AI-driven phishing now grammatically perfect, contextually relevant
Evades traditional typo/formatting-based detection
DMARC, domain monitoring, callback verification recommended
Phishing-resistant MFA beyond SMS/push essential

Sources: CDK Global AI Web Searched, cdkglobal.com Web Search

5.5 Check Point Email Security auto-restores legitimate emails misidentified as phishing¶

Check Point has released functionality to automatically return legitimate emails to inboxes after false-positive phishing reports.

Sources: blog.checkpoint.com Web Search

4 Crypto Whale Loses $25.6 Million to Phishing Two Years After Previous $24 Million Hack¶

A cryptocurrency investor who suffered a $24 million phishing theft two years prior lost an additional $25.6 million, indicating repeat targeting or security vulnerabilities.

Sources: BeInCrypto RSS