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Deepfake technology uses artificial intelligence to create realistic but fabricated audio or video that depicts people saying or doing things they never did. This synthetic media can convincingly mimic voices and faces, making it difficult to distinguish genuine content from manipulated material. The technology relies on machine learning models trained on large datasets of real images and sounds to generate these forgeries.
In information security, deepfakes pose risks such as enabling sophisticated social engineering attacks where attackers impersonate trusted individuals to extract sensitive information or authorize fraudulent transactions. They also threaten biometric authentication systems that use facial or voice recognition, potentially allowing unauthorized access. Defending against deepfake threats involves deploying detection tools that analyze inconsistencies in media, implementing multi-factor authentication beyond biometrics, and training users to verify unusual requests through independent channels.
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Gartner analysts issued a call to action to bolster defenses against several emerging critical threats, such as deepfakes and prompt injections.
South Korea's local elections next month will be a test bed for how effective regulations might be to stymie the flow of deepfakes.
In moving away from traditional banks to focus on Web3 companies, the threat actor is leveraging LLMs, deepfakes, legitimate platforms, and ClickFix.
Dark Reading asked readers whether agentic AI attacks, advanced deepfake threats, board recognition of cyber as a top priority, or password-less technology adoption would be most likely to become a trending reality for 2026.
Deepfakes are becoming more realistic and more popular. Luckily, defenders are still ahead in the arms race.
A high school student is tackling the overlooked risk of AI-generated satellite imagery that could mislead governments and emergency responders.
Advanced fraud attacks surged 180% in 2025 as cyber-scammers used generative AI to churn out flawless IDs, deepfakes, and autonomous bots at levels never before seen.
Threat actors will continue to abuse deepfake technology to conduct fraudulent activity, so organizations need to implement strong security protocols – even if it adds to user friction.
Africa becomes a proving ground for AI-driven phishing, deepfakes, and impersonation, with attackers testing techniques against governments and enterprises.
The vast majority of organizations are encountering AI-augmented threats, but remain confident in their defenses, despite inadequate detection investment and more than half falling to successful attacks.
The vast majority of organizations are encountering AI-augmented threats, but remain confident in their defenses, despite more than half reporting losses.
The North Korea-linked group Kimsuky used ChatGPT to create deepfakes of military ID documents in an attempt to compromise South Korean targets.
The combination of Incode's AI models and AuthenticID's experience running identity programs at scale in regulated environments will provide customers with holistic fraud signal analysis, multi-modal intelligence, real-time personhood verification, and advanced deepfake detection.
Not only are attacks against macOS users ramping up, but threat actors have proven to be advanced with deepfake technology. Security awareness training may be the best defense.
An impostor who posed as the secretary of state in text and voice communications with diplomats and politicians demonstrates the increased sophistication of and national security threat posed by the AI technology.
An international group of researchers found that simply rerecording deepfake audio with natural acoustics in the background allows it to bypass detection models at a higher-than-expected rate.
Use of synthetic identities by malicious employment candidates is yet another way state-sponsored actors are trying to game the hiring process and infiltrate Western organizations.
YouTube creators are being targeted by scammers seeking out their credentials, using deepfake tactics to lure them in with a false sense of legitimacy.
Every organization should be exploring a layered approach in which artificial and human intelligences come together to form a rich, dynamic, and multifaceted deepfake defense strategy tailored to its needs.
Fraud groups are using AI and deepfake technology to scale up their operations to create fake identities and execute fraud campaigns.