aiqbench analysis
This proof-of-concept demonstrates how generative AI assistants can be weaponized to automate critical stages of business email compromise, specifically by summarizing targets, drafting social engineering lures, and manipulating security controls like MFA. The attack highlights a shift from manual exploitation to using LLMs as force multipliers that accelerate account takeovers with minimal attacker effort. For the industry, this underscores an urgent need for AI-specific threat modeling and governance within enterprise productivity suites beyond traditional cybersecurity defenses.
Hackers Can Weaponize Microsoft Copilot to Hijack CEO Accounts and Redirect Wire Transfers
A new proof-of-concept reveals how attackers can turn Microsoft Copilot, the AI assistant embedded in Microsoft 365, into an unwitting accomplice for business email compromise (BEC) and large-scale wire fraud. The demonstration shows that a single compromised employee account can escalate, with alarming speed, into full CEO account takeover and the theft of a quarter […] The post Hackers Can Weaponize Microsoft Copilot to Hijack CEO Accounts and Redirect Wire Transfers appeared first on Cyber Security News.
A new proof-of-concept reveals how attackers can turn Microsoft Copilot, the AI assistant embedded in Microsoft 365, into an unwitting accomplice for business email compromise (BEC) and large-scale wire fraud. The demonstration shows that a single compromised employee account can escalate, with alarming speed, into full CEO account takeover and the theft of…
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