A video call from your "CEO" or a voice note from a "Family Member" asking for money?
We all communicate each other with mobile phone's calls. Imagine you receive a call from your boss to transfer a amount urgently. Or getting a voice message from your relative, begging for financial help. Your senses tell you it is a real, but your instincts scream that something's wrong.
Welcome to Threat Thursday, where we expose digital threats to you. Today, we are going to show you a big threat which you can not imagine to be possible.
- Data Collection:
Scammers get video or audio clips from your social media. - AI Manipulation:
Using AI attackers create fake video and audio clones that say anything they program. - The Attack:
The deepfake is deployed in a targeted scam for example for a CEO or family member calling for emergency funds.
- It bypasses logical defenses of our brains
- Highly targeted that contain psychological impact
- Increasing accessibility of technology that create convincing deepfakes is becoming cheaper and easier to use.
- Establish Verification Protocols
- Look for Digital Glitches
- Verify through Known Channels
- Limit Public Media Sharing
- Trust Your Gut
Companies have lost millions to CEO deepfake scams. Families have been tricked into sending life savings to relatives.
Stay Smart, Stay Safe!!!
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