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Deepfake Scam or Inside Job? Rethinking the BEC Threat

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Deepfake Scam or Inside Job? Rethinking the BEC Threat

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks continue be successful, with the FBI reporting 21,442 complaints last year and $2.8 billion in losses. As deepfake and voice-cloning technologies become increasingly accessible, criminals are elevating their deception tactics beyond simple text-based communications to include convincing video and audio impersonations of executives. A seemingly authentic Zoom call authorizing a wire transfer carries far more persuasive weight than email or text messages alone. Yet this technological evolution presents security leaders…

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CrowdStrike Security Report: Generative AI Powers Social Engineering Attacks

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CrowdStrike Security Report: Generative AI Powers Social Engineering Attacks

Phishing was no longer as common in 2024 as before, according to CrowdStrike’s 2025 Global Threat Report. Threat actors trend toward accessing legitimate accounts through social engineering techniques like voice phishing (vishing), callback phishing, and help desk social engineering attacks. We’re well within the era of what cybersecurity technology CrowdStrike called “the enterprising adversary,” with malware-as-a-service and criminal ecosystems replacing the old-fashioned image of the lone threat actor. Attackers are also using legitimate remote management…

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Will deepfake threats undermine cybersecurity in 2025?

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Will deepfake threats undermine cybersecurity in 2025?

Deepfake technology is a new and unsettling reality. When embedded within phishing emails and collaboration chats, deepfakes represent a vicious and growing threat. To combat deepfakes, organizations urgently need to implement fresh approaches to both employee education and cybersecurity. To convey the gravitas of the situation, in February of 2024, a Singapore-based company lost $25 million due to deepfake impersonation of the firm’s CFO and other high-level executives. An employee mistakenly believed the deepfake ruse…

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Multi-Site Mastery: Strategies for Effective Risk Assessments

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Multi-Site Mastery: Strategies for Effective Risk Assessments

In this episode of The Security Podcasts we sit down with Mark Landry, National Accounts Director at AMAROK, to discuss navigating multi-site risk assessment effectively. “In order to approach your risk assessment, especially when you’ve got vast or disparate geographies – meaning you’ve got a location in Portland, Maine and location in Portland, Oregon – you have to be able to accurately convey the risk across both of those locations that have very different risk…

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Proving physical security value across an organization

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Proving physical security value across an organization

In this episode of The Security Podcasts we sit down with Thomasina Martin, a Key Account Manager specializing in Energy and Utilities at Genetec, Inc., to talk about proving the value of physical security across an organization. “One of the primary challenges I think a lot of us see, I think it’s universal in the security industry when trying to secure a budget, is that physical security often competes with other critical business units or…

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Deepfakes Can Fool Facial Recognition on Crypto Exchanges

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Deepfakes Can Fool Facial Recognition on Crypto Exchanges

Generative AI deepfakes can stoke misinformation or manipulate images of real people for unsavory purposes. They can also help threat actors pass two-factor authentication, according to an Oct. 9 research report from Cato Networks’ CTRL Threat Research. AI generates videos of fake people looking into a camera The threat actor profiled by CTRL Threat Research — known by the handle ProKYC — uses deepfakes to forge government IDs and spoof facial recognition systems. The attacker…

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47% of Organizations Have Dealt With Deepfake Attacks

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47% of Organizations Have Dealt With Deepfake Attacks

According to a recent iProov report, the risk of deepfakes is rising with almost half of organizations (47%) having encountered a deepfake and three-quarters of them (70%) believing deepfake attacks which are created using generative AI tools, will have a high impact on their organizations. Sixty-eight percent believe that while it’s impactful at creating cybersecurity threats, more (84%) find it’s instrumental in protecting against them.  While organizations recognize the increased efficiencies that AI can bring,…

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The deepfake dilemma: The importance of deepfake awareness training

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The deepfake dilemma: The importance of deepfake awareness training

Enterprise security departments face a plethora of risks. One of the most significant threats that has emerged in recent years is that of deepfakes. These sophisticated artificial intelligence-powered manipulations of audio and video content seem rather innocuous on paper, but their creation and dissemination are exemplars of a broader large-scale organizational threat. As far as security departments are concerned, implementing a comprehensive deepfake awareness training program has become critical for forward-thinking executives managing enterprise risk…

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Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective

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Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Jill Knesek, CISO of Blackline, and former FBI Special Agent in the Cyber Crime Squad, we talk about balancing risk & innovation from a CISO’s perspective. “The message I like to give is we can be both innovative and secure.,” Knesek says. “They’re not mutually exclusive, and they shouldn’t be. By shifting left and embedding strong security practices and controls earlier into our development lifecycle, we can…

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Generative AI poses several security risks

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Generative AI poses several security risks

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) was analyzed in a recent report by Transmit. The report includes screenshots of dark web forums, marketplaces and subscription-based services.  According to the report, Blackhat Gen-AI tools make it easier to create and automate fraud campaigns, resulting in an increased volume, velocity and variety of attacks. GenAI tools automate pentesting to find enterprise vulnerabilities and circumvent security used by specific targets. Configuration (config) files, generated with the assistance of GenAI, are used for…

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