The Business of Fraud: Deepfakes, Fraud’s Next Frontier

The Business of Fraud: Deepfakes, Fraud’s Next Frontier

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Note de la rédaction : Le message suivant est un extrait d'un rapport complet. Pour lire l'analyse complète, click here to download the report as a PDF.

Recorded Future a analysé les données provenant de la plateforme Recorded Future®, du dark web, de rapports sur la sécurité de l'information et d'autres sources de renseignements open source (OSINT) afin d'identifier l'utilisation et la prévalence des méthodes utilisées par les acteurs malveillants pour promouvoir, discuter, vendre et acheter des services et des produits liés aux deepfakes qui facilitent les activités frauduleuses. Dans ce rapport, nous définissons les deepfakes comme des contenus visuels et audio générés de manière synthétique et utilisés de manière abusive pour cibler des individus, des entreprises et des systèmes de sécurité. Ce rapport fait partie de notre série consacrée à la activité frauduleuse.

Executive Summary

Threat actors have begun to use dark web sources to offer customized services and tutorials that incorporate visual and audio deepfake technologies designed to bypass and defeat security measures. Furthermore, threat actors are using these sources, as well as many clearnet sources such as forums and messengers, to share tools, best practices, and advancements in deepfake techniques and technologies. As reported by Insikt Group’s Criminal and Underground Team throughout 2020, threat actors are developing customized deepfake products.

We believe they will continue to develop these products, as the demand is likely to increase due to corporations incorporating visual and audio recognition technologies into their security measures. Within the next few years, both criminal and nation-state threat actors involved in disinformation and influence operations will likely gravitate towards deepfakes, as online media consumption shifts more into “seeing is believing” and the bet that a proportion of the online community will continue to be susceptible to false or misleading information.

Key Judgments

Note de la rédaction : Cet article est un extrait d'un rapport complet. Pour lire l'analyse complète, click here to download the report as a PDF.