Can a deepfake beat facial biometrics? How liveness detection works
Your face is now a password for your bank, your government ID and instant payments. Here's how liveness detection …
Deepfake 9 posts
Information security in plain English: scams, hardening and privacy — plus retrogaming, games and geek culture.
Deepfaked celebrities selling investments: why so many people fall for it
Fake videos of news anchors and businessmen promising easy money flood social feeds. Here's how the deepfake investment …
Do deepfake detectors work? What AI catches (and what slips through)
Deepfake and AI-text detectors promise a lot and get plenty wrong. Here's what the research shows, where they fail, and …
Deepfake sextortion: what to do if your image is used
Criminals use AI to build fake nudes from ordinary photos and extort victims. How to react, where to report and what the …
Deepfake candidate: the fake employee scam on video
A deepfake in a job interview has already fooled a security company. How the fake employee scam works and the red flags …
AI scams: the 6 most common ones and how to protect yourself
Cloned voices, deepfakes, flawless phishing: the fastest-growing AI scams, how each one works, and the defenses that …
Deepfake CEO fraud: the video call scam that stole US$25 million
An employee wired US$25 million after a video call with deepfakes of the company's entire finance team. Inside the Arup …
The fake-relative scam with an AI-cloned voice: how it works and how to protect yourself
Criminals use AI to clone the voices of children and grandchildren and demand an urgent transfer by phone. How the scam …
Deepfake: how to spot an AI-generated fake video (7 signs)
Deepfake fraud is growing fast worldwide. Here are 7 technical signs — from blinking patterns to deformed hands — that …