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Abstract
With an increasing number of malicious attacks, the number of people and
organizations falling prey to social engineering attacks is proliferating.
Despite considerable research in mitigation systems, attackers continually
improve their modus operandi by using sophisticated machine learning, natural
language processing techniques with an intent to launch successful targeted
attacks aimed at deceiving detection mechanisms as well as the victims. We
propose a system for advanced email masquerading attacks using Natural Language
Generation (NLG) techniques. Using legitimate as well as an influx of varying
malicious content, the proposed deep learning system generates \textit{fake}
emails with malicious content, customized depending on the attacker's intent.
The system leverages Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) for automated text
generation. We also focus on the performance of the generated emails in
defeating statistical detectors, and compare and analyze the emails using a
proposed baseline.