Phishing in 2025: AI, Social Engineering & the New Threat Landscape - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

Phishing remains one of the most effective cyberattack methods and it’s evolving fast. So far, in 2025 we’ve seen attackers deploy more sophisticated attacks, leveraging AI, geopolitical tensions, social engineering and new digital channels to target individuals and organisations across EMEA. Proofpoint’s Carl Leonard, EMEA Cybersecurity Strategist, and Davide Canali, Threat Research Director, are back with an update on the 2025 threat landscape. They’ll be joined by Haifa Ketiti, Staff Sales Engineer, and Anna Akselevich, Threat Researcher, with real-life case examples from the field. We’ll review the threat landscape across EMEA with special interest to developments in the Middle East. With increased digitalisation and geopolitical instability in this region, threat actors - both state-sponsored and criminal - are launching sophisticated phishing campaigns that ripple across Europe. Join our cybersecurity experts as they uncover with real examples the most cunning types of phishing attacks threatening organisations today, including: • Business Email Compromise (BEC): still the silent assassin, now enhanced with AI-generated messages and deepfake audio. • Credential Phishing: targeting cloud platforms and collaboration tools like Teams and SharePoint. • AitM (Adversary-in-the-Middle) phishing: the growing availability of kits and services that bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) • Brand Impersonation: exploiting trust in consumer-facing brands to lure users into clicking. • Smishing and Vishing: expanding beyond email to mobile and voice channels. …and more! Make sure your users don’t get caught in the net with a new wave of phishing attacks in 2025!