The Rising Threat of Deepfake Technology and Frightening Advancements of Social Engineering

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Author(s): Gausiya Yasmeen (Integral University, India), Syed Adnan Afaq (Integral University, India)and Tasneem Ahmed (Integral University, India)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 24
Source title: Effective Strategies for Combatting Social Engineering in Cybersecurity
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rajeev Kumar (Moradabad Institute of Technology, India), Saurabh Srivastava (Moradabad Institute of Technology, India)and Ahmed A. Elngar (Beni-Suef University, Egypt)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-6665-3.ch014

Keywords: Cyber and Network Security / Cyber Behavior / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Advancements in digital technologies have made it difficult to distinguish between real and fake media, leading to privacy and security threats. Deepfake, a combination of deep learning and fake, is a technique used to replace or mask someone else's face in images or videos. Social engineering (SE) attacks exploit human attributes and psychology to bypass technical security measures for malicious acts. Deepfake videos, created using artificial intelligence (AI), pose a significant threat to society, politics, and businesses. Deepfakes pose a significant threat, they can be combated through legislation, regulation, corporate policies, voluntary action, education, training, and the development of technology for deepfake detection, content authentication, and prevention. Common deepfakes include pornographic videos, political deepfakes, financial crimes, and synthetic audio. The paper explores deepfake technology, its benefits, challenges, and detection techniques.

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