Phishing 3.0: The Fight Moves to Agent Versus Agent

Email defenses have not evolved significantly over the past decade, still relying on scanning messages for malicious content. This approach was effective when threats were embedded in links or attachments, but it has become less effective as threats have shifted to the intent behind messages. The evolution of phishing has seen a transition from bad content to bad intent, and now involves artificial intelligence on both the attacker and defender sides. Traditional defenses are no longer sufficient as the sender of phishing emails is often no longer a human. The threat landscape has progressed to a new stage, referred to as Phishing 3.0. This new stage is characterized by a more sophisticated and complex type of phishing attack.