The rise of online identity theft represents a serious global threat and poses significant challenges for law enforcement and society. Advances in generative AI and editing tools allow criminals to quickly create realistic video and audio deepfakes. By impersonating well-known figures, they can deceive individuals and organizations, leading to risky investments and emotional manipulation. Many […]

Imagine watching a video of a trusted public figure saying something shocking — only to later discover it never happened. Welcome to the world of deepfakes, a rising cyber threat where artificial intelligence is used to generate hyper-realistic videos that mimic real people. These fabricated clips can fuel scams, spread disinformation, or enable identity theft, […]

According to a survey of the Alan Turing Institute, more than a 90% of the people participating in the study are very concerned or somewhat concerned about the spread of deepfakes. This overwhelming worry is not unreasonable, there are a lot of examples about deepfake scams causing real trouble to lots of people.  In this […]

With the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence, cybercriminals are adopting increasingly sophisticated techniques to deceive individuals. One alarming method is Voicehacking—a type of social engineering attack where AI is used to clone voices and create fake audio recordings. Imagine receiving a desperate call from a loved one, urgently asking for money or sensitive information. You […]

Before the start of the big fight, let’s talk about the EITHOS project, which is the reason, the tool allowing to confront the overwhelming problem of deepfakes. 1. EITHOS EITHOS is a project involving several companies, universities, research centres and law enforcement agencies, that has received funding from Horizon Europe research & innovation programme. The […]