While there are some fun uses for deepfakes, there are also many sinister ways they can be used to manipulate people...
Social Engineering
This hack has been called “the worst hack of a social media platform yet”....
The email subject was “Attn: Your 100$ Kohls Reward Has Arrived. 2HNZ”. This triggered my Spidey Senses....
Whether it’s an organizational system or your own personal accounts, attackers know that people are often the weakest link in any cyber security posture....
It was designed to help “assist in the global control of ‘spam’ and ‘phishing’,” so failing this is a pretty significant flag.....
The bad news is you are increasingly likely to be the victim of a different kind of hostage situation....
Should you be trusting of any random QR code that you find? I don’t think so....