AI-Powered Scam Operations Increase Risk Across Southeast Asia

TechRepublic reports that organized scam operations across Southeast Asia are increasingly weaponizing AI (including deepfakes and voice cloning), automation, malware, and credential theft to scale more convincing phishing and fraud campaigns, with mobile devices a primary delivery vector; the article warns organizations need better visibility into mobile phishing, malicious apps, and account-compromise attempts that often evade traditional security controls.