Nothing to do with Madeira but — New Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail Warning—AI Nightmare Comes True

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Email users have been warned for some time that AI attacks and hacks will ramp up this year, becoming ever harder to detect. And while this will include frightening levels of deepfake sophistication, it will also enable more attackers to conduct more attacks, with AI operating largely independently, “carrying out attacks.” That has always been the nightmare scenario and it is suddenly coming true, putting millions of you at risk.

We know this, but seeing is believing. A new video and blog from Symantec has just shown how a new AI agent ot operator can be deployed to conduct a phishing attack. “Agents have more functionality and can actually perform tasks such as interacting with web pages. While an agent’s legitimate use case may be the automation of routine tasks, attackers could potentially leverage them to create infrastructure and mount attacks.”

The above text is a short extract from the full article on the Forbes website. The full article can be read here:– https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/03/14/new-gmail-outlook-apple-mail-warning-this-is-how-ai-attacks/

Whether you use a Windows PC, an Apple Mac or Android based tablet/mobile phone you should always ensure all operating systems updates are applied. Anti-virus is kept up-to-date and all programs/apps are regularly updated.