# Defending against AI-fueled social engineering

DevFeed: [Defending against AI-fueled social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/defending-against-ai-fueled-social-engineering-4794.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.elastic.co/blog/defending-against-ai-fueled-social-engineering>)

Author: Joe DeFever

Published: 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Elastic Blog - Elasticsearch, Kibana, and ELK Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/elastic-blog-elasticsearch-kibana-and-elk-stack.md>)

Topics: [Social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/social-engineering.md>), [spoofing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spoofing.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai-alerting-security-analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai-alerting-security-analytics.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [phishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phishing.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [soc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/soc.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how AI enables personalized spear phishing, smishing, and deepfake-based impersonation at greater scale. It argues that defenders should detect behavioral signals rather than rely solely on static signatures and known patterns.

## Source excerpt

AI is supercharging social engineering. Learn how SOC teams can detect deepfakes, spear phishing, and smishing before they cause real damage.