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Warning: Victims’ faces placed on explicit images in sextortion scam

June 8, 2023 0 Comments blackmail, deepfake, extortion, fake, fakes, FBI, personal, sextortion, synthetic

Categories: Personal

Tags: sextortion

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We take a look at some new developments in sextortion cases via a warning issued by the FBI.

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Deepfakes and LinkedIn: malign interference campaigns

November 20, 2019 0 Comments AI, computer generated, deepfakes, fakes, katie jones, LinkedIn, munira, Social engineering, stratcom

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Don’t discount deepfakes just yet. We may not be fooled by phony Mark Zuckerberg anymore, but the discovery of a fake LinkedIn profile sporting a deepfake avatar shows how social engineering can deceive through the mundane.

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Social engineering

Tags: AI computer generated deepfakes fakes katie jones LinkedIn munira Social Engineering stratcom

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