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Discover how deepfakes, voice cloning, and AI-powered phishing are reshaping digital deception—and learn practical strategies to strengthen identity security with real-time, AI-driven defenses.
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 OpenID Foundation warns that fragmented policies on posthumous digital accounts could open the door for fraudsters to exploit AI deepfakes
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.
ACAMS Says Investigators Need Better Data, Architecture and AI-Based DetectionThe financial system has a trust problem driven by artificial intelligence, and CIOs looking to prevent fraud and other financial crimes will only face more challenges as criminals find new ways to use AI to swindle, according to an Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists survey.
The Urgency of High-Assurance Identity Proofing Amid Growing Identity FraudRemote work has fueled a new crimewave built on stolen and synthetic identities. As deepfakes scale, high-assurance identity proofing - combining biometrics, liveness detection and verified IDs - becomes essential to verify users, prevent impersonation and protect enterprise access.
Easy-to-Use Deepfake Services for Criminals Rapidly Improving, Researchers WarnFinancial firms' fraud and risk teams must bolster know-your-customer checks in the face of increasingly effective and affordable deepfake technology and services that can generate synthetic identities, convincing face-swaps and defeat "live" biometric checks to bypass defenses, warn researchers.
Deepfakes are becoming more realistic and more popular. Luckily, defenders are still ahead in the arms race.
Synthetic Entities, AI-Driven Scams, Stablecoin Misuse Pose Key Threats in 2026Artificial intelligence-powered scams reached new heights in 2025. In the coming year, those threats will evolve further, with synthetic entities, stablecoin abuse and deepfakes driving fraud campaigns. Banks and lenders need better data, reporting and regulations to stay ahead of fraudsters.
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.
In its latest annual identity fraud report, Sumsub observed a “sophistication shift” in global fraud trends
Entrust says AI is helping fraudsters open new accounts and bypass biometric checks
In Today's Reality, Zero Trust Principles Matter, Verification Is an ImperativeThis month, a judge made history by throwing out an $8.7 million lawsuit after discovering something that had never before appeared in her courtroom: deepfake testimony. But these new legal lessons are already a reality in business: the need for trust, verification and authentic communication.
In Today's Reality, Zero Trust Principles Matter, Verification Is an ImperativeThis month, a judge made history by throwing out an $8.7 million lawsuit after discovering something that had never before appeared in her courtroom: deepfake testimony. But these new legal lessons are already a reality in business: the need for trust, verification and authentic communication.
Durand: Agentic Models Require Stronger Verification and Complex Access ControlsWith bots and personal agents poised to reshape digital identity, Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand says organizations must harden onboarding, reimagine omni-channel strategies and deploy "verified trust services" to combat fraud and deepfakes, especially in workforce and third-party access.
Series E Funding at $2B Valuation Fuels Fraud Defense, Identity Tech BuildoutWashington D.C.-area identity verification provider ID.me has raised $340 million to develop fraud-fighting technology and prepare for long-term expansion. The investment supports product innovation to stop AI threats such as deepfakes and fake businesses.
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.
By video, picture, and voice – the fakers are coming for your money DEF CON While AI was on everyone's lips in Las Vegas this week at the trio of security conferences in Sin City – BSides, Black Hat, AND DEF CON – there were a lot of people using the F-word too: fraud.…
Instagram ads impersonating financial institutions like Bank of Montreal (BMO) and EQ Bank (Equitable Bank) are being used to target Canadian consumers with phishing scams and investment fraud. Some ads use AI-powered deepfake videos in an attempt to collect your personal information, while others drive traffic to phishing pages. [...]
Instagram ads impersonating financial institutions like Bank of Montreal (BMO) and EQ Bank (Equitable Bank) are being used to target Canadian consumers with phishing scams and investment fraud. Some ads use AI-powered deepfake videos in an attempt to collect your personal information, while others drive traffic to phishing pages. [...]