What to know about deepfake phishing simulation software | TechTarget
Cybersecurity executives are already familiar with the idea of phishing prevention. For years, CISOs have trained staff to be suspicious of and resistant to old-school social engineering attacks, in which attackers use fake emails or texts that seem to come from executives, managers, vendors, partners or customers. Some organizations use security awareness training tools or services that run simulated phishing attacks to identify weaknesses in training materials and users who need further training.
With the steady spread of AI tools through every part of the cybercrime marketplace, some social engineering campaigns now include voice and video, which humans are predisposed to trust. Generative AI helps malicious actors craft deepfake phishing attacks, using the cloned voices and synthetic images of company executives or even employees' direct managers or peers.
Phishing simulation tools are leveling up accordingly, incorporating AI deepfakes to probe organizational resistance to state-of-the-art social engineering across multiple channels. With...
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