Deepfake Social Engineering Scams

Deepfake social engineering scams have become an increasingly scary trend among cybercriminals to socially engineer victims into submission. 

The threat actors are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) voice cloning tools to disperse misinformation for cybercriminal scams. 

It doesn’t take much for an audio recording of a voice – only about 10 to 20 seconds – to make a decent reproduction. The audio clip extracts unique details of the victim’s voice. A threat actor can simply call a victim and pretend to be a salesperson, for example, to capture enough of the audio to make it work. more

Here are some actual deepfake audio recordings – some humorous, some cool, but all that in some form can be used maliciously:
• CNN reporter calls his parents using a deepfake voice. (CNN)
• No, Tom Cruise isn’t on TikTok. It’s a deepfake. (CNN)
• Twenty of the best deepfake examples that terrified and amused the internet. (Creative Bloq)