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Deepfake
Deepfake is a synthetic media technology that utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create or alter video and audio recordings, making it appear as though individuals are saying or doing things they never did. In information security, deepfake poses a significant threat because this technology can be used to create convincing fake content, potentially leading to misinformation, manipulation, and social engineering attacks.
Security professionals are particularly concerned with the use of deepfakes for phishing schemes, where attackers might impersonate trusted individuals to trick victims into revealing sensitive information. Moreover, deepfakes can undermine digital authentication systems that rely on facial and voice recognition, challenging the integrity and trustworthiness of communication, media, and digital evidence. As the technology becomes more sophisticated, distinguishing between real and fake content becomes increasingly difficult, emphasizing the need for enhanced detection methods and verification protocols in cybersecurity.
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Google is introducing a new Android security feature that will detect and flag phone calls in which scammers use artificial intelligence to impersonate a user's personal contacts. [...]
South Korea's local elections next month will be a test bed for how effective regulations might be to stymie the flow of deepfakes.
The commission will dole out hefty fines and promises investigations for Take It Down Act violators. Experts say questions remain around the agency’s resources and priorities. The post Here’s how the FTC plans to enforce the Take It Down Act appeared first on CyberScoop.
Frame's AI Models Build Contextualized Security Lessons Automatically in MinutesFrame Security, founded by former Wiz product and sales leader Tal Shlomo, emerged from stealth with $50 million to build AI-generated cyber training and simulations designed to prepare employees for phishing, deepfakes, voice cloning and other personalized social engineering attacks.
Three seconds of audio is all it takes to clone a voice for fraud. Adaptive Security shows how deepfake calls trick employees into sending real money—and why most defenses don't catch them. [...]
The commission is preparing to enforce key parts of a new law against sexual deepfakes and searching for ways to block AI-driven scamming using voice clones. The post The FTC’s AI portfolio is about to get bigger appeared first on CyberScoop.
Why CISOs Must Rethink Trust, MFA and Machine Identity GovernanceAI-driven phishing emails, voice deepfakes and synthetic identities have changed the threat landscape. Attackers now mimic trusted users with precision. Security teams can no longer rely on static controls or traditional verification methods.
Appearing before Parliament, Meta, Google and X struggle to explain how fake political video circulated for so long A member of the UK Parliament's lower house who was the victim of a deepfake AI campaign this week had a rare chance to confront the Big Tech executives who helped spread it. Their answers disappointed.…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how individuals and organizations conduct many activities, including how cybercriminals carry out phishing attacks and iterate on malware. Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate personalized phishing emails, deepfakes and malware that evade traditional detection by impersonating normal user activity and bypassing legacy security models. As a result,
Gartner's Apeksha Kaushik on Why Detection Alone Can't Stop ID ImpersonationOrganizations facing deepfake-driven impersonation attacks must move beyond traditional detection strategies and build stronger identity resilience. Security leaders should adopt layered defenses that combine detection, prevention and broader risk signals to disrupt attackers.
The OpenID Foundation warns that fragmented policies on posthumous digital accounts could open the door for fraudsters to exploit AI deepfakes
Cloudflare Threat Report warns that AI tools enable attackers who lacked required skills to generate effective attacks rapidly and at scale
Deepfakes and injection attacks are targeting identity verification moments, from onboarding to account recovery. Incode explains why enterprises must validate the full session—media, device integrity, and behavior—to stop synthetic and injected attacks in real time. [...]
Analysts Urge Mandatory Guardrails on AI Agents, Identity and PrivilegeSecurity leaders are pressing Treasury to embed enforceable guardrails - covering adversarial testing, AI inventory, identity privilege mapping and real-time monitoring - into its forthcoming financial-sector AI guidance as deepfake fraud, data poisoning and autonomous agent risks escalate.
PM Starmer Calls Sexualized Deepfakes and Revenge Porn a 'National Emergency'The United Kingdom inched closer to requiring tech firms to scan all user-uploaded images, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer said sexualized deepfakes and so-called revenge porn constituted a "national emergency."
PLUS: India demands two-hour deepfake takedowns; Singapore embraces AI; Japanese robot wolf gets cuddly; And more Asia In Brief The United States may be about to change its policies regarding Chinese technology companies.…
In moving away from traditional banks to focus on Web3 companies, the threat actor is leveraging LLMs, deepfakes, legitimate platforms, and ClickFix.
Campaign combines stolen Telegram accounts, fake Zoom calls and ClickFix attacks to deploy infostealer malware
French prosecutors have raided X's offices in Paris on Tuesday as part of a criminal investigation into the platform's Grok AI tool, widely used to generate sexually explicit images. [...]
'I did not think it was going to happen to me, but here we are' Nearly every company, from tech giants like Amazon to small startups, has first-hand experience with fake IT workers applying for jobs - and sometimes even being hired. …