Tag: deep-fake
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2026: The Year Agentic AI Becomes the Attack-Surface Poster Child
Dark Reading asked readers whether agentic AI attacks, advanced deepfake threats, board recognition of cyber as a top priority, or password-less technology adoption would be most likely to become a trending reality for 2026. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/2026-agentic-ai-attack-surface-poster-child
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App-Moderation: KI-Nackt-Apps fluten die offiziellen App-Stores
Ein Bericht des TTP zeigt: Apple und Google hosten Dutzende Apps, die KI für Deepfake-Nacktbilder nutzen – und verdienen an ihnen mit. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/app-moderation-ki-nackt-apps-fluten-die-offiziellen-app-stores-2601-204797.html
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AI, Deepfakes Are Top Risks for Financial Crime Specialists
ACAMS Says Investigators Need Better Data, Architecture and AI-Based Detection. The financial system has a trust problem driven by artificial intelligence, and CIOs looking to prevent fraud and other financial crimes will only face more challenges as criminals find new ways to use AI to swindle, according to an Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists…
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Undressed victims file class action lawsuit against xAI for Grok deepfakes
The lawsuit accuses xAI seeking to “capitalize on the internet’s seemingly insatiable appetite for humiliating non-consensual sexual images.” First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/grok-undressed-victims-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-xai-elon-musk/
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New Deepfake Phishing Attack Targets Bitcoin Users via Zoom and Teams
A sophisticated deepfake-enabled phishing campaign is actively targeting Bitcoin users through fake Zoom and Microsoft Teams calls. The attackers are exploiting video conferencing, Telegram, and AI-generated identities to steal bitcoin and compromise victims’ digital lives. The attack chain begins on Telegram, where victims receive what appears to be a legitimate message or call request from…
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Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker”, and More Dangerous
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-technology-is-getting-darker-and-more-dangerous/
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Identity Fraud: The New Crimewave Targeting Remote Work
The Urgency of High-Assurance Identity Proofing Amid Growing Identity Fraud Remote work has fueled a new crimewave built on stolen and synthetic identities. As deepfakes scale, high-assurance identity proofing – combining biometrics, liveness detection and verified IDs – becomes essential to verify users, prevent impersonation and protect enterprise access. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Identity Fraud: The New Crimewave Targeting Remote Work
The Urgency of High-Assurance Identity Proofing Amid Growing Identity Fraud Remote work has fueled a new crimewave built on stolen and synthetic identities. As deepfakes scale, high-assurance identity proofing – combining biometrics, liveness detection and verified IDs – becomes essential to verify users, prevent impersonation and protect enterprise access. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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EU looking into Elon Musk’s X after Grok produces deepfake sex images
Probe follows outcry over use of creepy image generation tool First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/ec_open_new_investigation_into/
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ISMG Editors: How Deepfakes Are Breaking Digital Trust
Also: How Non-Human Identities Redefine Security; the Delinea-StrongDM Deal. In this week’s panel, four editors discussed how deepfakes are reshaping digital Know Your Customer practices, what the rise of non-human identities means for CISOs and what Delinea’s acquisition of StrongDM tells us about where the privileged access market is heading. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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KI-Betrug – Wissenschaft und Industrie gegen die Deepfake-Gefahr
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ki-betrug-deepfakes-wissenschaft-industrie-a-acfb8686d36bfe7f00aff6ba336b600e/
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Face-Swapping Tools Pose Elevated ‘Know Your Customer’ Risks
Easy-to-Use Deepfake Services for Criminals Rapidly Improving, Researchers Warn. Financial firms’ fraud and risk teams must bolster know-your-customer checks in the face of increasingly effective and affordable deepfake technology and services that can generate synthetic identities, convincing face-swaps and defeat live biometric checks to bypass defenses, warn researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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For the price of Netflix, crooks can now rent AI to run cybercrime
Group-IB says crims forking out for Dark LLMs, deepfakes, and more at subscription prices First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/group_ib_ai_cycercrime_subscriptions/
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California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation Wednesday into xAI over allegations that its artificial intelligence model Grok is being used to create nonconsensual sexually explicit images of women and children on a large scale, marking the latest escalation in regulatory efforts to address AI-generated deepfakes. The California investigation focuses on Grok’s >>spicy mode,<<…
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California AG to probe Musk’s Grok for nonconsensual deepfakes
California’s attorney general said Wednesday that his office has opened a probe into the spread of nonconsensual sexually explicit material by the artificial intelligence tool Grok. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/california-grok-deepfakes-investigation
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British regulator Ofcom opens investigation into X
The UK body said it is not a government censor, and the inquiry will determine whether X is facilitating the spread of nonconsensual deepfake pornography of adults and children. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ofcom-opens-investigation-into-x-over-nonconsensual-deepfakes/
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UK Probes X Over AI Deepfake Porn
Elon Musk’s Social Media Network Faces Mounting Backlash from Governments. The British communications regulator is formally investigating social media network X over the willingness of its Grok AI to let users virtually undress people, including minors. Ofcom said Monday that will probe whether X is complying with the Online Safety Act. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Deepfake Fraud Tools Are Lagging Behind Expectations
Deepfakes are becoming more realistic and more popular. Luckily, defenders are still ahead in the arms race. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/deepfake-fraud-tools-lag-expectations
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Lawmakers call on app stores to remove Grok, X over sexualized deepfakes
AI tool Grok in recent days has been used to produce sexually explicit images of people without their consent, the lawmakers said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/lawmakers-call-on-app-stores-to-remove-grok-x
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World Economic Forum: Deepfake Face-Swapping Tools Are Creating Critical Security Risks
Researchers at the World Economic Forum have shown that threat actors can use commercial deepfake tools to bypass corporate security protections First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/wef-deepfake-faceswapping-security/
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Krypto-Betrug mit KI & Deepfakes: Ein Anleger verliert fast alles
Kursgewinne bei Kryptowährungen ziehen viele private Anleger an, rufen jedoch ebenso Kriminelle auf den Plan. Nahezu täglich werden Verbraucher Opfer zweifelhafter Online-Handelsplattformen. Wer sich von seriös wirkenden, in Wahrheit betrügerischen Webseiten täuschen lässt, riskiert im schlimmsten Fall den vollständigen Verlust seines investierten Kapitals. First seen on welivesecurity.com Jump to article: www.welivesecurity.com/de/videos/krypto-betrug-mit-ki-deepfakes-ein-anleger-verliert-fast-alles/
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‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster
There are legal tools in place to curb what’s happening on X, but the incident will be precedent-setting for how these laws and regulations are wielded for AI-generated images. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/elon-musk-x-grok-deepfake-crisis-section-230/
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Deepfakes, KI und Supply Chains prägen die Cyberlage – 2026 verlangt digitales Vertrauen mit KI-sicheren Identitäten
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/2026-deepfakes-ki-code-stresstest-digitales-vertrauen-a-ed74c27713097a2719dbf527a3a038cd/