The golden age of scammers: AI-powered phishing
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#2Hey, just going to say what I've been telling folks IRL, if you are reading this, and your parents and family members aren't tech savvy, you need to set them up with two factor authentication now.
Because you know how to do that, and it's so much easier than helping them when they get hacked.
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#3On YouTube, I saw a deepfake of Elon Musk asking people to scan a QR code and buy crypto.
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#4It’s actually worse than that - AI powered phishing sites will also copy your device profile and mouse, gesture and keyboard signature and use this to get past common anti-fraud techniques like device fingerprinting and behavioural biometrics.
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#5On YouTube, I saw a deepfake of Elon Musk asking people to scan a QR code and buy crypto.
Yep these are super common, especially on days spacex is launching starship. They only live broadcast it on X so it allows these scammers to step in and attempt to trick people.
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#6It’s actually worse than that - AI powered phishing sites will also copy your device profile and mouse, gesture and keyboard signature and use this to get past common anti-fraud techniques like device fingerprinting and behavioural biometrics.
I mean, the mere existence of said biometrics imply that they're inferrable and thus bad security, like basically all biometrics
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#7The section “Recognizing AI phishing attempts” is mournfully short, but there’s some companies out there like Jericho Security (https://www.jerichosecurity.com) that are working on countermeasures, at least for enterprises.
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#8On YouTube, I saw a deepfake of Elon Musk asking people to scan a QR code and buy crypto.
When I typed my phone number in the box on "Musk" "investment" website my landline rang instantly after entering the last digit. It was definitely an onkeydown event.
A friendly fast talking man in an extremely busy sounding (fake) call center asked me if I was $name_I_put_in_the_form. The voices in the background were people further down the sign up process.
I said yes, then asked how he got my number. He said I just filled out the form on the website. Then the form was replaced by a new page.
They did a good job confusing me, it was very impressive. I don't confuse easily.
Re: The golden age of scammers: AI-powered phishing
#9On YouTube, I saw a deepfake of Elon Musk asking people to scan a QR code and buy crypto.
Imagine getting scammed by a deepfake of Musk when you'd actually set out to get scammed by the man himself.
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#10On YouTube, I saw a deepfake of Elon Musk asking people to scan a QR code and buy crypto.
When I typed my phone number in the box on "Musk" "investment" website my landline rang instantly after entering the last digit. It was definitely an onkeydown event. A friendly fast talking man in an extremely busy sounding (fake) call center asked me if I was $name_I_put_in_the_form. The voices in the background were people further down the sign up process. I said yes, then asked how he got my number. He said I jus…
Why did you do that? Did you think it was real?