PhishGen Evaluation of LLM-Driven Phishing Website Generation
Researchers evaluated the capabilities of large language models in automatically generating functional and visually deceptive phishing websites. The study benchmarks LLM-generated pages against human deception standards.
- first report
- 23 Oct 2026
- last update
- 23 Oct 2026
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2026-10-23PhishGen: Understanding LLM Capabilities in Automated Phishing Website GenerationarXiv · arxiv.org/abs/2610.30226
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Classification
- lane
- Research
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- AI phishing / social engineering
- severity
- 1 · Research / proof of concept
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- mitre atlas
- AML.T0052 Phishing
- tags
- phishing
- dates
- happened 23 Oct 2026 · first reported 23 Oct 2026
- origin
- News & research feeds
- record
- confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-23 05:05Z · updated 2026-11-07 02:05Z
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# PhishGen Evaluation of LLM-Driven Phishing Website Generation https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/phishgen-evaluation-of-llm-driven-phishing-website-generatio · AIR-2026-1475 · closed 2026-11-06 - Lane: Research - Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept) - Fix status: Fix status unknown - First reported: 2026-10-23 - AI role: AI-enabled attack ## Summary Researchers evaluated the capabilities of large language models in automatically generating functional and visually deceptive phishing websites. The study benchmarks LLM-generated pages against human deception standards. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2026-10-23: PhishGen: Understanding LLM Capabilities in Automated Phishing Website Generation (https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.30226) ## Sources - 2026-10-23 arXiv: PhishGen: Understanding LLM Capabilities in Automated Phishing Website Generation https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.30226 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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