AI has supercharged phishing attacks, with over 142 million phishing links blocked in Q2 2025 alone—a 3.3% quarterly increase
. Generative AI enables attackers to craft human‑like emails, convincing deepfake audio and video, and highly personalized scams using publicly available data
. Protection strategies must evolve accordingly: stay skeptical of unsolicited urgent requests, verify senders, use email filters, and enable multi‑factor authentication (MFA)
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. As phishing becomes more sophisticated, user awareness and technical defenses must advance in parallel.