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IRONSCALES has released a report warning that phishing messages may increasingly target the software that reads inboxes on behalf of employees—that is, AI agents are becoming new targets for phishing. The report, commissioned by IRONSCALES and conducted by Censuswide, surveyed 501 U.S. IT and security practitioners and is titled "From Deepfakes to Double Agents." According to the report, 77% of respondents said their organization's AI agents or tools had processed malicious, misleading, or unauthorized content in the past year, and 57% reported at least one confirmed incident. 96% of the surveyed organizations already use AI tools that can perform actions on their behalf, of which 67% allow them to access ticketing or help desk systems and 49% allow access to email and messaging systems; 78% of such tools are approved under the leadership of IT departments, with only 6% led by security departments. Currently, this report is the only relevant source of evidence.
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IRONSCALES Report: AI Agents Are Becoming the New Target of Phishing
The "From Deepfakes to Double Agents" report, published by IRONSCALES after commissioning Censuswide to survey 501 U.S. IT and security practitioners, shows that 77% of respondents said their organization's AI agents or tools had processed malicious, misleading, or unauthorized content in the past year, and 57% reported at least one confirmed incident. 96% of surveyed organizations already use AI tools that can perform actions on their behalf, of which 67% allow them to access ticketing or help desk systems and 49% allow access to email and messaging systems, while 78% of such tools are approved under the leadership of IT departments, with only 6% led by security departments.