Phishing has evolved—fast. What started as basic email scams has transformed into AI-powered cyber deception.
Phishing 1.0: Early phishing relied on spam emails, fake banking alerts, and malware links to trick users into clicking. These attacks were easy to spot but still caused billions in damage.
Phishing 2.0: Attackers got smarter—instead of mass emails, they started impersonating real people. Techniques like BEC, VEC, and ATO used hacked credentials and real email threads to fool employees into wiring money or sharing sensitive data.
Phishing 3.0: Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate fake but highly convincing voices, videos, and images. Imagine getting a video call from your CEO asking you to approve a wire transfer—except it’s not really them. Deepfake phishing makes this possible.
IRONSCALES will be discussing the current gaps in SEG technology and will showcase industry-first innovations for protection against deepfakes.
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Using AI to Enhance Defensive Cybersecurity white paper Learn how AI is reshaping both cyberattacks and defenses in this comprehensive report from Osterman Research. Based on insights from 125 security leaders, this report explores how AI is transforming cybersecurity, revealing the technologies, strategies, and priorities that will define the next era of defense. Link: https://ironscales.com/using-ai-to-enhance-defensive-cybersecurity/report-download
The Hidden Gaps of SEG Protection white paper This research-backed report, based on data from 1,921 customer environments, reveals exactly how SEGs are failing, why modern phishing attacks bypass traditional defenses, and what security teams need to do next. Link: https://secure.ironscales.com/hidden-gaps-in-seg-protection-white-paper
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Eyal Benishti is the CEO and Founder of IRONSCALES, pioneering the world’s first self-learning email security solution to combat advanced phishing, BEC, and account takeover attacks.
With over 15 years in the software industry, Eyal has held roles as a security researcher and malware analyst at Radware and a technical lead for information security solutions at Imperva. He also held R&D positions at Comverse and Amdocs.
Eyal earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and has been passionate about cybersecurity from a young age.
