Attacks and malware
What is Deepfake?
Synthetic audio, video or images made with AI to convincingly imitate a real person, used in fraud, scams and disinformation.
A deepfake is synthetic media, video, audio or images, generated or altered with machine learning so that a real person appears to say or do something they did not. Voice cloning in particular now needs only a short sample.
In security, deepfakes are used for executive impersonation, fake job candidates, investment scams and disinformation. Defences focus on verification processes, such as calling back on known numbers, rather than on spotting the fake by eye.