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It's bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake
2025-03-04 08:35

Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly High-profile deepfake scams that were reported here at The Register and elsewhere last year may just be the tip of the iceberg....

Microsoft names cybercriminals behind AI deepfake network
2025-02-27 18:15

Microsoft has named multiple threat actors part of a cybercrime gang accused of developing malicious tools capable of bypassing generative AI guardrails to generate celebrity deepfakes and other...

US Dept of Housing screens sabotaged to show deepfake of Trump sucking Elon's toes
2025-02-24 20:15

'Appropriate action will be taken,' we're told – as federal HR email sparks uproar, ax falls on CISA staff Visitors to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's headquarters in the...

I'm a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice
2025-02-11 14:01

Remote position, webcam not working, then glitchy AI face ... Red alert! Twice, over the past two months, Dawid Moczadło has interviewed purported job seekers only to discover that these "software...

Deepfakes and the 2024 US Election
2025-02-04 12:01

Interesting analysis: We analyzed every instance of AI use in elections collected by the WIRED AI Elections Project (source for our analysis), which tracked known uses of AI for creating political...

Deepfakes force a new era in fraud detection, identity verification
2025-01-24 04:30

The rise in identity fraud over the past two years has significantly impacted all industries, especially finance, banking, fintech, and crypto, according to Regula. With deepfakes threatening...

How AI and deepfakes are redefining social engineering threats
2025-01-07 04:00

This article presents key insights from 2024 reports on the rise of phishing attacks, focusing on how advancements in AI and deepfake technology are making social engineering tactics more...

Deepfakes question our ability to discern reality
2025-01-03 04:00

As deepfakes become increasingly sophisticated and accessible, their potential for misuse in areas such as cybercrime, misinformation campaigns, and identity theft continues to grow. In this...

Crypto companies are losing ground to deepfake attacks
2024-11-28 04:30

The crypto sector stands out as the only surveyed industry where deepfake fraud surpasses traditional document fraud in prevalence, according to Regula. Crypto companies suffer significant losses...

The limits of AI-based deepfake detection
2024-11-22 06:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Ben Colman, CEO of Reality Defender, discusses the challenges of detecting high-quality deepfakes in real-world applications. He addresses the effectiveness...