Cybersecurity Firms See Surge in AI-Powered Attacks Across Africa www.darkreading.com/cyberatta…
Africa becomes a proving ground for AI-driven phishing, deepfakes, and impersonation, with attackers testing techniques against governments and enterprises.
Cybercriminals are increasingly adopting AI to fuel their attacks against African organizations, using the technology to boost the effectiveness of phishing campaigns and execute impersonation attacks using deepfakes, experts say.
Overall, deepfake-related fraud has nearly tripled in the past year, with voice scams driving the growth in generative AI attacks, according to threat intelligence firm Group-IB. Meanwhile, phishing is the most common attack against African organizations, with attackers using AI to produce native-sounding messages and automate campaigns to achieve a 54% click-through rate — 4.5 times higher than traditional methods, according to Microsoft.
