![]() ![]() Synthetic Media Already Threatens Security Some startups are already using online tools to have all staff appear to have been photographed in the same studio with the same lighting and photographer, when in fact, they fed a few random snapshots of each staffer into the AI and let the software create a visually consistent output. Very soon, people may legitimately choose to make photos of themselves rather than take them. Many tools are available to the public, and each specializes in a different area. The text input can influence the direction of the de-noising according to subject, style, details and other factors. Then it reverses that process, but with text input that causes the de-noising system to refer to large numbers of images with specific words associated with each in its database. Simply put, the AI takes an image and adds noise to it until it is pure noise. Text-prompted AI-generated art is even more complicated. The quality of this technology will no doubt rapidly improve as it also becomes less expensive. Each learns from the other until the data-simulating network can produce convincing fakes. The method pits two neural networks against each other, where one tries to simulate data based on a large sampling of real data (pictures, videos, audio, etc.), and the other judges the quality of that fake data. It also includes writing AI, which can enable a foreign-language speaker to interact as an articulate native speaker.ĭeepfake data is created using an AI self-training methodology called generative adversarial networks (GANs). This includes deepfake video and audio, text-prompted AI-generated art and AI-generated digital content in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) environments. Synthetic media is video, sound, pictures, virtual objects or words produced or aided by artificial intelligence (AI). The attackers then use that information to steal money.īut today, we find ourselves facing new technology that may completely change the playing field of social engineering attacks: synthetic media. But of course, the link goes to a fake bank site where the victim inadvertently reveals their real password. ![]() Attackers might pose as a victim’s bank, with an urgent message that their life savings are at risk and a link to change their password. One common trick is to trigger a victim’s anxiety to make them more careless. Social engineering typically involves tricking an authorized user into taking an action that enables cyber attackers to bypass physical or digital security. No matter how strong your digital security, authorized human users can always be manipulated into opening the door for a clever cyber attacker. Social engineering attacks have challenged cybersecurity for years. ![]()
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