What is the most immediate risk financial services companies face today? AI-enabled social engineering is already accelerating real-world attacks. Scale, personalization, speed, and automation are lowering the barrier for attackers while making fraud detection more complex for defenders. In this episode of AI Can Do What Now?!, Lisa Jones-Huff, director of security solutions architecture at Elastic, is joined by ethical hacker Freakyclown (FC), and principle solutions architect Joe Murin to explore what is actually happening right now — beyond the hype. Here’s what you’ll learn: - How AI is accelerating social engineering - Where attackers still make mistakes - What defenders underestimate about human-driven attacks - What companies should actually be protecting - Where AI genuinely helps defenders — and where it doesn’t Want more from Freakyclown? Watch our episode on the reality of real-time camera deepfakes. https://youtu.be/4RbbtkbrMTI Additional resources: AI in financial services: https://www.elastic.co/industries/financial-services Strengthen fraud detection using AI: https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-ai-fraud-detection-financial-services Accelerate fraud detection and prevention: https://www.elastic.co/accelerate-fraud-detection-and-prevention-with-elastic #AI #Cybersecurity #Socialengineering #Fraudprevention #Financialservices #ElasticSecurity Start the 14-day trial for free! No credit card required: https://cloud.elastic.co/registration Subscribe to Elastic’s Community YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/OfficialElasticCommunity Connect with us on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elastic-co X: https://twitter.com/elastic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elastic.co About Elastic Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale. Elastic’s solutions for search, observability, and security are built on the Elastic Search AI Platform — the development platform used by thousands of companies, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500. #ElasticSearch #ElasticObservability #ElasticSecurity

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