How to spot a phishing scam, even one crafted by AI

Weighing in on the phishing scams written by AI, Ms Joanne Wong, vice-president of international marketing at cyber-security firm LogRhythm, said generative AI tools like Bing and ChatGPT are a game changer for fraudsters, just as it is for everyday users.

Ms Wong said: “Their writing can now be much better. With past phishing scams, it often sounds like (the text) is written by a non-English speaker, with many phrases that are written clunkily.

“But when you read this, it sounds natural, with no major grammatical errors.”