Deepfakes have doubled, overwhelmingly targeting women

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:19:18 +0000

Deepfake tech has push-button apps and service portals. Can code commodification do the same for detection, so women can actually afford it?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OKH0ZUc2ZQE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read more

Google made thousands of deepfakes to aid detection efforts

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:40:25 +0000

It’s an arms race: as detection methods improve, deepfake-generating algorithms are quickly updated to correct the flaws.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-p47wfO19Ec” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read more

Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:47:25 +0000

The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mzcU6d5eSbI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read more

IBM’s new 53-qubit quantum ‘mainframe’ is live in the cloud

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:10:59 +0000

IBM has boosted its growing stable of quantum computers with a new 53-quantum bit (qubit) device, the most powerful ever offered for commercial use.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NcZHCu0FsAw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read more

Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:47:38 +0000

It’s not just China: at least 75 out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveillance purposes, research shows.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mWK0Hr3l6MU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read more

Scammers deepfake CEO’s voice to talk underling into $243,000 transfer

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:38:02 +0000

The voice had the hint of a German accent and the same “melody” that an employee recognized in his boss’s voice.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_coDs7IxGNM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read more

Deep learning rises: New methods for detecting malicious PowerShell

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:00:03 +0000

We adopted a deep learning technique that was initially developed for natural language processing and applied to expand Microsoft Defender ATP’s coverage of detecting malicious PowerShell scripts, which continue to be a critical attack vector.

The post Deep learning rises: New methods for detecting malicious PowerShell appeared first on Microsoft Security.

Read more

Fake news doesn’t (always) fool mice

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:05:34 +0000

Mice can interpret speech phonemes correctly up to 80% of the time without falling for semantic hoodwinks like humans do.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DOZxZWFWABA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read more