Report warns businesses unprepared for AI-driven impersonation attacks targeting executives
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Eric Geller
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Summary
A new report warns that businesses are not adequately prepared for AI-accelerated impersonation attacks, where threat actors use generative AI to spoof company leaders' identities with deepfake audio, video, and text. The report highlights that traditional security measures are insufficient against these sophisticated, AI-powered social engineering schemes, and companies need to adopt more proactive defense strategies to protect against identity-based fraud.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledBusinesses generally aren't taking a proactive enough approach to blocking schemes that spoof their leaders' identities, according to a new report.
The report highlights that traditional security measures are insufficient against these sophisticated, AI-powered social engineering schemes.
Companies need to adopt more proactive defense strategies to protect against identity-based fraud.
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