It’s been a long time coming. The worry over deepfake technology being used during times of major upheaval has been alluded…
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A week in security (Dec 20 – 26)
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When a deepfake “empire” continues to grow
I’ve been quite vocal on the impact of deepfakes, in terms of where the most harm takes place. Back in 2019,…
Criminals exploited weak checks and old tech to pull off vast COVID benefit fraud
In life, when you encounter something momentuous—a sudden job loss, a routine check-up that revealed an illness you can’t afford the…
Deepfakes were going to change everything. And then they didn’t
For much of 2020, the most visible conversation about the US election and tech was related to deepfakes (images or videos…
Mother charged with using deepfakes to shame daughter’s cheerleading rivals
A Pennsylvania woman reportedly sent doctored photos and videos of her daughter’s cheerleader rivals to their coaches, in an attempt to…
Lock and Code S1Ep18: Finding consumer value in Cybersecurity Awareness Month with Jamie Court
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet….
Deepfakes and the 2020 United States election: missing in action?
If you believe reports in the news, impending deepfake disaster is headed our way in time for the 2020 United States…
Deepfakes or not: new GAN image stirs up questions about digital fakery
Subversive deepfakes that enter the party unannounced, do their thing, then slink off into the night without anybody noticing are where…
Deepfakes laws and proposals flood US
In a rare example of legislative haste, roughly one dozen state and federal bills were introduced in the past 12 months…