1M+ Emails Use Hidden Text to Dupe AI Security Filters
Summary
A recent article highlights how over a million emails are employing a technique called 'text salting' to bypass AI-powered security filters. This method involves embedding hidden text within emails, making them appear legitimate to AI and thus increasing the success rate of phishing campaigns.
IFF Assessment
FOE
The use of text salting to bypass AI security filters represents a new and effective method for threat actors to deliver phishing emails, posing a direct threat to defenders.
Defender Context
Defenders need to be aware of text salting as a method to circumvent AI-based email security. Organizations should monitor for and develop strategies to detect emails that may be employing such obfuscation techniques, as traditional AI filters might fail to flag them.