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CyberheistNews Vol 15 #43 [Heads Up] Block Attackers Who Abuse Grok To Spread Phishing Links

KnowBe4, Tuesday, October 28th, 2025

Block Attackers Who Abuse Grok to Spread Phishing Links

Threat actors are abusing X's generative AI bot Grok to spread phishing links, according to researchers at ESET. The attackers achieve this by tricking Grok into thinking it's answering a question and providing a link in its answer.

"In this attack campaign, threat actors circumvent X's ban on links in promoted posts (designed to fight malvertising) by running video card posts featuring clickbait videos," ESET says.

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