The threat actors behind the Darcula phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform have released new updates to their cybercrime suite with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities.

“This addition lowers the technical barrier for creating phishing pages, enabling less tech-savvy criminals to deploy customized scams in minutes,” Netcraft said in a new report shared with The Hacker News.

“The new AI-assisted features amplify Darcula’s threat potential by simplifying the process to build tailored phishing pages with multi-language support and form generation — all without any programming knowledge.”

Darcula was first documented by the cybersecurity company in March 2024 as a toolkit that leveraged Apple iMessage and RCS to send smishing messages to users that trick recipients into clicking on bogus links under the guise of postal services like USPS.

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Source : https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/darcula-adds-genai-to-phishing-toolkit.html