Security News

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...

ZeroFOX’s new AI capabilities improve detection of deepfake videos
2019-08-09 09:10

ZeroFOX, the leading provider of advanced artificial intelligence-powered digital risk protection, announced at Black Hat USA 2019 the latest evolution of its artificial intelligence (AI)...

Deepfake revenge porn now a crime in Virginia
2019-07-05 09:42

It's the first state to enact a deepfakes ban, but it's not going to be the last: laws are being considered in many other states.

Facebook keeps deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg
2019-06-13 14:35

"Whoever controls the data, controls the future," says the evil Zuck, who, according to the platform's current policy, won't be taken down.