Security News

California Bans Deepfakes in Elections, Porn
2019-10-07 20:33

A pair of laws provides recourse for victims of deepfake technology.

Senators Press Social Media Firms to Fight 'Deepfake' Videos
2019-10-03 18:48

Warner and Rubio Want Companies to Develop Standards and Policies to Combat FakesU.S. senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio are urging social media firms to create policies and standards to combat...

Google made thousands of deepfakes to aid detection efforts
2019-09-27 12:40

It's an arms race: as detection methods improve, deepfake-generating algorithms are quickly updated to correct the flaws.

Facebook launches $10m deepfake detection project
2019-09-09 10:09

If you're worried about the evil potential of deepfake video, you're not alone; so is Facebook.

News Wrap: Deepfake CEO Voice Scam, Facebook Phone Data Exposed
2019-09-06 18:23

From deepfake to data exposures, the Threatpost team talks about the top security trends driving this week's biggest news stories.

Facebook, Microsoft Challenge Industry to Detect, Prevent ‘Deepfakes’
2019-09-06 11:48

Deepfake Detection Challenge aims to spur creation of technology to combat AI used for creating altered videos that intentionally mislead viewers.

Scammers deepfake CEO’s voice to talk underling into $243,000 transfer
2019-09-05 14:38

The voice had the hint of a German accent and the same “melody” that an employee recognized in his boss's voice.

The Growing Threat of Deepfake Videos
2019-08-26 14:34

Deepfakes are a growing threat. They are primarily a social engineering tool. That means they will increasingly be used in phishing attacks, BEC attacks, reputation attacks, and public opinion...

Black Hat 2019: Bounties, Breaches and Deepfakes, Oh My!
2019-08-23 15:31

Black Hat 2019 recently wrapped in Las Vegas, where somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 experts descended to experience the latest developments in the world of cybersecurity. While we saw the...

Who will save us from deepfakes? Other AIs? Humans? What about vastly hyperintelligent pandimensional beings?
2019-08-09 11:04

Maybe Douglas Adams was right about mice Black Hat Deepfakes, the AI-generated talking heads that can say whatever their creator wants them to, are getting harder to detect. But boffins have...