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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.
The FIN7 group is mounting a sophisticated malware campaign that spans numerous websites, to lure people with a deepfake tool promising to create nudes out of photos.
The notorious APT hacking group known as FIN7 launched a network of fake AI-powered deepnude generator sites to infect visitors with information-stealing malware. [...]
The threat actors managed to gain access to Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) by posing as a Ukrainian official, before quickly being outed.