AI-powered OSINT: Why everyone is a viable target for fraud
AI-assisted reconnaissance: Why everyone could be a viable target for fraud
It’s getting cheaper and easier for cybercriminals to research potential victims. Here’s what’s still in your control.
27 Aug 2026 • 5 min. read
AI is changing the threat landscape, one model at a time. The pace at which the technology is evolving means activities that once took a skilled cybercriminal several hours or even days to achieve can now be done in a fraction of that time by someone with little or no prior knowledge. This matters, because it’s lowering the barrier to entry for cybercriminals. We’re seeing it with vulnerability exploitation. We’re seeing it with basic malware generation. And we’re seeing it with victim reconnaissance.
This should put even regular internet users on high alert. If attacks are getting cheaper and easier for fraudsters to carry out, everyone could be a target.
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