AI-generated threats are hitting businesses harder than ever - do you know what to look out for?

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  • Flashpoint finds AI now heavily used for deepfake‑based KYC bypass, with posts selling toolkits bundling synthetic video, voice cloning, and fake documents
  • Criminals focus less on building new AI tools, instead refining jailbreaks, prompt workflows, and shifting to looser models like VeniceAI, with phishing scripts and impersonation prompts traded as commodities
  • Researchers stress visibility into these evolving methods is key for defenders, enabling earlier detection and more targeted responses to active fraud techniques

It’s not news that cybercriminals are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their campaigns, but how they use the tools shifts almost by the minute, new research has claimed.

A report from security researchers Flashpoint has outlined how crooks are using AI primarily to impersonate people with deepfakes, and thus bypass Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols and enable fraud.

The report is based on more than 2.3 million discussions across the web on how to use artificial intelligence...

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