Fred Heiding
banner
fredheiding.bsky.social
Fred Heiding
@fredheiding.bsky.social
Computer security @ Harvard
Reposted by Fred Heiding
Our paper on AI-powered spear phishing, co-authored with @fredheiding.bsky.social , has been accepted at the ICML 2025 Workshop on Reliable and Responsible Foundation Models!
openreview.net/pdf?id=f0uFp...
openreview.net
July 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Reposted by Fred Heiding
The consequences of artificial intelligence supercharging deceptive content online will extend beyond cyberspace to exacerbate real world challenges. Alex O'Neill and @fredheiding.bsky.social look at how AI is contributing to a rise in social engineering attacks and what governments can do about it.
AI-Enhanced Social Engineering Will Reshape the Cyber Threat Landscape
The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools enables bad actors to conduct deceptive attacks more cheaply, quickly, and effectively.
lawfaremedia.org
May 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by Fred Heiding
I published a human study with @fredheiding.bsky.social
We use AI agents built from GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet to search the web for available information on a target and use this for highly personalized phishing messages. achieved click-through rates above 50%
www.lesswrong.com/posts/GCHyDK...
Human study on AI spear phishing campaigns — LessWrong
TL;DR: We ran a human subject study on whether language models can successfully spear-phish people. We use AI agents built from GPT-4o and Claude 3.5…
www.lesswrong.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM