Security Nudge. AI-Generated Deepfake Fraud On The Rise. Sponsored By CybSafe.

If you’re like most people, you’ve been experimenting with generative AI tools like ChatGPT, X’s Grok, and Google Gemini to see how they can make your job easier. So have cybercriminals – and new figures suggest that they have become incredibly successful at it, with Sumsub’s Identity Fraud Report 2024 finding that AI-generated deepfake fraud now accounts for 7% of all fraud – up from basically zero a little over a year ago. Experts expect this to increase further during 2025 as AI tools get even better at generating convincing images, videos, and even conversational chatbots that sound exactly like you – or your boss. Cybercriminals will try anything to get one up on you – even enlisting people as ‘mules’ to sell credentials and work around fraud detection systems. Tools to detect this kind of fraud are improving, but the best thing you can do to protect yourself and your company from deepfake fraud is to stay skeptical of everything you’re told online – and to not do anything you’re asked to until you have independently verified it. The 60-second "Security Nudge" is brought to you by CybSafe, developers of the Human Risk Management Platform. Learn more at https://cybsafe.com