News June 11, 2024

Why the Christie’s auction house hack is different

3 min read - Christie’s, one of the world’s leading auction houses, was hacked in May, and the cyber group RansomHub has claimed responsibility. On May 12, Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti announced on LinkedIn that the company had “experienced a technology security incident.” RansomHub…

Security Services May 17, 2024

How a new wave of deepfake-driven cyber crime targets businesses

5 min read - As deepfake attacks on businesses dominate news headlines, detection experts are gathering valuable insights into how these attacks came into being and the vulnerabilities they exploit. Between 2023 and 2024, frequent phishing and social engineering campaigns led to account hijacking…

Artificial Intelligence May 9, 2024

Social engineering in the era of generative AI: Predictions for 2024

5 min read - Breakthroughs in large language models (LLMs) are driving an arms race between cybersecurity and social engineering scammers. Here’s how it’s set to play out in 2024. For businesses, generative AI is both a curse and an opportunity. As enterprises race…

News March 4, 2024

Will watermarking save the 2024 election from a deepfake debacle?

3 min read - It seems like only months ago deepfakes were still just a curiosity. Now, deepfakes are a real and present danger. And in an election year, the influence of AI-manipulated content could be disastrous. During a recent Washington Post Live event,…

Incident Response September 13, 2022

We’re entering the age of unethical voice tech

4 min read - In 2019, Google released a synthetic speech database with a very specific goal: stopping audio deepfakes. “Malicious actors may synthesize speech to try to fool voice authentication systems,” the Google News Initiative blog reported at the time. “Perhaps equally concerning,…

Incident Response January 6, 2022

Cyber Awareness 2022: Consider Deepfakes, NFTs and More

4 min read - From deepfakes to crypto crime to in-flight drone-based data theft, cyber awareness in 2022 will look a bit different. Good cyber awareness means knowing these risks, even if some of them sound stranger than science fiction. Cyber Awareness and Deepfake…

Security Services September 17, 2021

How to protect against deepfake attacks and extortion

2 min read - Cybersecurity professionals are already losing sleep over data breaches and how to best protect their employers from attacks. Now they have another nightmare to stress over — how to spot a deepfake. Deepfakes are different because attackers can easily use…