Fighting GenAI With GenAI: The New Email Security Landscape
The Register, Thursday, October 8th, 2026
Sponsored Register feature on how GenAI turns phishing into a scalable precision weapon and why AI-driven email defenses are needed.
This sponsored feature in The Register notes that phishing, dating back to the mid-1990s, remains attackers' tool of choice, with FBI figures showing about 26% of cybercrime complaints are phishing-related.
Generative AI is turning it into a precision instrument by removing the spelling mistakes, poor formatting and scale limits that traditional email security relied on, so attackers no longer must choose between targeted spear phishing and crude mass campaigns.
The piece argues email security is at an inflection point that calls for GenAI-based defenses.