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AI-generated phishing emails are 2.4x more effective than generic ones, and cost only $0.03 to produce. BIFOLD field study (7,741 participants) shows how cheap automated spear phishing has become. Full story on our website 🧵 t1p.de/10n32 @tuberlin.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @rieck.mlsec.org

t1p.deAI Goes PhishingBIFOLD study, co-authored by members of the Machine Learning and Security Group, shows AI-generated phishing emails are three times as effective as generic ones and cost next to nothing. The field exp...

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The study, with TU Berlin, Inria & Ruhr University Bochum, finds current defenses aren't built for this kind of automated threat. Catch the presentation this week at #USENIX Security Symposium 2026 in Baltimore.

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