Deepfake Fraud Surges More Than 1000%, Insiders Say It’s Just The Beginning
By Autumn Spredemann As the line between fact and fiction gets harder to distinguish, online criminals need just two hours to create a realistic, computer-generated…
Deepfakes
4 in 10 Businesses Have Already Seen Deepfakes, Injection Attacks
By Chris Burt Disjointed digital ID management creates generative AI vulnerability Deepfakes have suddenly become much easier to create with the launch of generative AI…
PhD Student Uses Deepfake to Pass Popular Voice Authentication and Spoof Detection System
By Bianca Gonzalez University of Waterloo (UW) cybersecurity PhD student Andre Kassis published his findings after being granted access to an account protected with biometrics…
Vendor Claims Deepfake Fraud “doubles” in North America
By William McCurdy Instances of deepfake fraud doubled in North America between 2022 and Q1 2023 according to a new report from London-based identity verification…
Be Prepared for More Fake News, Cloned People and Manipulated Images
By Chris Burt The growing accessibility and power of deepfakes and generative AI are causing headaches for fraud prevention professionals and forensic investigators, and the…
Fool Me Once: Survey Says A.I. “Deepfake” Identity Fraud is Increasing with 1/3 Businesses Already Victimized
By B.N. Frank Miss the world without artificial intelligence (A.I.) yet? In addition to A.I.’s susceptibility to inaccuracies, biases, high costs, and safety risks (see…
Novel Social Engineering Attacks Increase by 135% with Generative AI Uptake
By John Greenwood Cybersecurity firm Darktrace reported a 135% increase in novel social-engineering attack emails during the first two months of 2023. The firm’s research…
US Military Group Wants Weaponized Deepfakes, Better Biometric Tools
By Jim Nash At least some in the U.S. military have heard enough about deepfakes and they want in. Investigative-news publisher The Intercept has got…
Deepfakes: Faces Created by AI Now Look More Real Than Genuine Photos
By Manos Tsakiris, Royal Holloway University of London Even if you think you are good at analysing faces, research shows many people cannot reliably distinguish…
Artificial Intelligence Now Available to Make Realistic “Deepfakes” from Social Media Pictures
By B.N. Frank Artificial intelligence (AI) technology can be biased, hacked, and be privacy invasive (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). It…
U.S. Gov’t Concerned about “Deepfake” Technology Being Used to “spread disinformation and commit crimes”
By B.N. Frank A 2019 study revealed that 82% of Americans believed Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology is more hurtful than helpful. In addition to A.I….
That’s What He Said? A.I. Software Creates “Deepfake” German Speaking Robert De Niro
By B.N. Frank A 2019 study revealed that 82% of Americans believed Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is more hurtful than helpful. It’s been condemned for…