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A handful of public Instagram posts can give attackers enough material to generate convincing phishing emails with GenAI. Research from the University of Texas at Arlington and Louisiana State University showed how public social media activity can be turned into phishing messages that appear personal and credible to human recipients. Attack pipeline overview (Source: Research paper) The findings highlight a growing problem for security teams and users. Attackers no longer need stolen databases or long …