Cyber expert warns of growth of hybrid fraudulent schemes using deepfakes and instant messengers
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Cyber expert Igor Bederov, in an interview with RT, said that scammers are increasingly combining technology with social engineering methods, using fake websites, instant messengers and deepfakes, creating hybrid attacks aimed at exploiting human vulnerabilities.
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Fraudsters are increasingly using a combination of technological tools and social engineering techniques to defraud citizens.
Scammers are increasingly combining technology with social engineering methods. Attackers use fake websites, instant messengers, and deepfakes, cyber expert Igor Bederov said in an interview with RT.
“I would highlight three key areas in fraud. And, importantly, they do not exist in isolation - increasingly, these are hybrid attacks, where technologies only serve human vulnerabilities as old as the world,” he said.
Bederov emphasized that one of the fast-growing trends was combined attacks using calls, fake websites and instant messengers. Fraudsters may pose as bank employees, talk about “suspicious activity” on an account, and then send a link to a page that looks like a credit institution’s portal.
The expert named deepfakes and voice synthesis as another area. Now neural networks generate videos based on a text request in a matter of minutes. Separately, Bederov also warned about schemes related to the digital ruble. Pensioners are receiving calls allegedly from the Central Bank and claiming that pensions are being “transferred into digital rubles.”
Open Questions
- What specific measures are proposed to protect against such attacks?
- How effective are current deepfake detection systems?
- Are there statistics on the number of victims of such schemes in Russia?
