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Social Engineering 2.0: The Rise of Deepfake Phishing

SecureWorld News

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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SME email security in 2022

CyberSecurity Insiders

Email attachments were used in a similar manner, with malicious emails purporting to be test results or other important Covid-19 related information being sent to corporate email addresses, with the resulting attachments turning out to be ransomware. In a year of confusion, it’s easy to see how so many workers fell for such scams.

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RSA 2020 – See You There!

McAfee

This seminar will provide a full day of focus on emerging threats such as ransomware, targeted attacks, emerging IoT threats, and new aspects of social engineering and deep fake human manipulation. Session: Emerging Threats: Deep Fakes are Getting Terrifyingly Real – How Can We Spot Them?