Deep Fake and Other Social Engineering Tactics
They Deepfaked Through the Bathroom Window: How Cybercriminals Are Targeting Executives & Key Personnel at Home
When the Beatles sang the famous lyric “She came in through the bathroom window,” they were riffing on a real event, a fan who bypassed the front door and broke into Paul ...
The Growing and Changing Threat of Deepfake Attacks
Enterprises should extend deepfake-awareness training and mitigation techniques beyond C-suite executives to address the increasingly likely threat against other roles in the company. ...
Protect Yourself From Cyber’s Costliest Threat: Social Engineering
Today, it is safe to say that social engineering has become the most dangerous and costly form of cybercrime that businesses face. ...
IRONSCALES Extends Email Security Platform to Combat Deepfakes
IRONSCALES has extended the reach of the machine learning algorithms it uses to identify email anomalies to now include the video and audio files used to create deepfakes ...
The Human Advantage in the Age of Technological Uncertainties
Our excessive reliance on technology has disabled us from crossing the barriers to experience, sense, and relate with others the way we used to. ...
Facts, Schmacts – Meta Joins X in Ceasing Content Moderation
On January 6, 2025, Meta, formerly known as Facebook, formally announced that it would cease its “fact-checking” operations, and allow the internet itself, through comments posted, to be the final arbiter of ...
Law Enforcement Can’t Save You From Romance Scams
Once a conversation starts and a personal connection is established, scammers behind a screen can lure their targets into video call scams utilizing high-quality deepfake technology ...
Guard Your Heart and Your Bank Account: How to Prevent Romance Fraud This Valentine’s Day and Beyond
By staying alert and taking proactive steps, such as those outlined above, we can collectively create a safer digital environment and significantly reduce the impact of romance fraud ...
Could you Spot a Digital Twin at Work? Get Ready for Hyper-Personalized Attacks
The world is worried about deepfakes. Research conducted in the U.S. and Australia finds that nearly three-quarters of respondents feel negatively about them, associating the AI-generated phenomenon with fraud and misinformation. But ...
Identity Phishing: Using Legitimate Cloud Services to Steal User Access
Identity phishing doesn’t just lead to data theft – it can also lead to financial fraud, targeted social engineering attacks and lateral movement across endpoints ...
