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Threat of deepfakes
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Criminals are constantly trying to circumvent fraud prevention and identity verification methods using creative methods like deepfakes. This often requires overriding validation steps to ensure that bots do not gain access. Deepfake apps are now able to produce images of real people in arbitrary situations or even create legitimate-looking videos of people who don't exist. Platforms that rely on identity verification will therefore be forced to require more complex evidence to verify that access requests come from real people. When using financial platforms, users often need to record a video...

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A new era of cyber threats
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in the area of ​​IT security, driven primarily by the rapid development and introduction of artificial intelligence (AI). This technological advancement brings many benefits, but has also ushered in a new era of cyber threats that are more complex, more deceptive and difficult to combat. One of the most pressing issues in this new threat landscape is the increasing sophistication of ransomware attacks as AI technologies become more accessible and advanced, which hackers can exploit to their advantage. They make generative AI, i.e. tools like ChatGPT, their…

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ESET Security Trends 2022: Ransomware, DDoS & Co
ESET Security Trends 2022: Ransomware, DDoS & Co

ESET experts fear that the concentration on ransomware will encourage further attacks on less protected areas. Furthermore, ESET gives an outlook on the trends in security 2022: such as ransomware, security gaps, DDoS attacks and new climbers such as Siegeware, "Air Gap" networks and DeepFakes. If the cash registers in electrical retail stores no longer ring, vehicles cannot be registered in the road traffic department or hospitals have to turn away new patients - then a virus is usually to blame. However, this is not called Corona, but ransomware, for example, and is spreading digitally as quickly as the Omikron variant. Explosive scenario ...

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Identity Fraud: How AI Will Help in 2021
Identity theft deepfake

Identity Fraud: What companies should prepare for in 2021 and how they can benefit from artificial intelligence in the process. One of the downsides businesses face after a major digital transformation is the dramatic increase in attempted fraud. Deepfakes continue to serve as a form of entertainment at the amateur level, for example on social media. More sophisticated forms of deepfakes are still rare, as they are very complex, expensive and time-consuming to produce. However, the few professionals in the business could use open source to make their files accessible to others. As more and more refined ...

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Criminals are increasingly using AI
AI protection attack deepfake

Criminals use artificial intelligence - not just for deepfakes. Europol, UNICRI and Trend Micro report on current and future threats from AI. Trend Micro today announced a new research report, produced in partnership with Europol and the United Nations Interregional Institute for Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI). In it, the security researchers deal with the current and possible future use of artificial intelligence (AI) by criminals. The report provides law enforcement agencies, policy makers and other organizations with information about current and potential future attacks using artificial intelligence, as well as recommendations ...

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