In cybersecurity, the online threats posed by AI can have very material impacts on individuals and organizations around the world. Traditional phishing scams have evolved through the abuse of AI tools, growing more frequent, sophisticated, and harder to detect with every passing year. AI vishing is perhaps the most concerning of these evolving techniques.

What is AI Vishing?

AI vishing is an evolution of voice phishing (vishing), where attackers impersonate trusted individuals, such as banking representatives or tech support teams, to trick victims into performing actions like transferring funds or handing over access to their accounts.

AI enhances vishing scams with technologies including voice cloning and deepfakes that mimic the voices of trusted individuals. Attackers can use AI to automate phone calls and conversations, allowing them to target large numbers of people in a relatively short time...