AI-Powered Impersonation Attacks and the Need for AI-Based Security Measures

This chapter discusses the growing concern of AI-powered impersonation attacks, particularly in business email compromise (BEC) incidents, and emphasizes the need for organizations to adopt AI-based security measures. It highlights the sophisticated impersonation skills of AI technology, including the ability to mimic voices and impersonate employees and contractors. The chapter also explores how AI can be used to protect against BEC attacks, the challenges in analyzing and filtering emails using neural networks, and the ongoing AI arms race between good and bad bots.