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Microsoft sees some new wrinkles in invoice-scam emails

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Microsoft sees some new wrinkles in invoice-scam emails

Researchers analyzed fraudulent business emails and discovered threat actors employed dual tactics to increase their legitimacy, including leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the scams. The invoice-themed attacks represent an evolution in social engineering techniques aimed at financial fraud.

Why it matters: Finance and procurement teams worldwide face increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks that combine traditional social engineering with AI-generated content, requiring updated email filtering and employee training to identify these hybrid fraud attempts.

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