No more typo-ridden emails

For years, we learned to spot a scam by its spelling mistakes, clumsy layout and awkward phrasing. Those days are over. With generative AI, a fraudster can produce a perfectly written email in seconds, in flawless French or English, tailored to your company's context.

The result: messages that look almost identical to those from your suppliers, clients or your own boss.

What has changed

Personalized attacks at scale

An attacker can now scan your website, LinkedIn profiles and posts to craft a custom message. They know your controller's name, your company's tone and your deadlines. This is called spear phishing, and AI has put it within reach of any fraudster.

Faked voice and video

Deepfakes are no longer a movie special effect. With a few seconds of a voice recording, a fraudster can clone your CEO's voice and leave a message requesting an urgent transfer. Companies have already lost significant sums to a fake video call that looked entirely real.

How to defend yourself

Adopt a two-step verification rule for any transfer or change of banking details. Call back on a known number, never the one provided in the email.

Train your employees on the new techniques. Awareness is still your best line of defense, as long as it stays current.

Strengthen your authentication so that a stolen password alone is not enough to compromise an account.

Filter your email with tools that analyze intent, not just malicious links.

A real threat, a simple response

The good news is that the basic reflexes still work. A clear payment validation process stops the vast majority of these frauds, no matter how sophisticated they are.

Want to assess where your business stands against these new attacks? Contact our team for a no-obligation conversation.

AI-Powered Phishing and Deepfakes: The New Threat Facing SMBs