Many people (me included) have spoken about the rise of AI influenced disinformation campaigns that are coming. I spoke about this before the US election and pointed out how AI can allow a threat actor to quickly learn how to mimic a target and dramatically improve how effective they can be at social engineering. Well, here is an example of just how effective AI empowered social engineering can be. Cyber-Safety posted about a campaign HERE.
Well its happening now. We live in a time where you can’t trust who is posting information. Key points I took away from this AI-Powered campaign was these behaviors
- Decide when to comment, like, or share posts
- Generate context-appropriate political responses in native languages
- Create prompts for AI-generated images
- Maintain persona continuity across platforms using JSON-based structures
Basically, you can’t trust people you directly know. Soon, even those trust levels may melt away ….