Attackers Don't Just Send Phishing Emails. They Weaponize Your SOC's Workload

The article argues that attackers can weaponize large volumes of commodity phishing to exhaust SOC analysts and hide targeted spear-phishing, creating an Informational Denial-of-Service that increases the chance of credential compromise and lateral movement; it recommends shifting from rule-based automation to transparent, agentic AI that delivers decision-ready investigations to reduce investigation time from hours to minutes and preserve decision quality under load.