Cyber security company Trend Micro has released a new tool to help combat the growing threat of deepfakes.
Deepfake Inspector can help verify if the person you’re talking to on a live video conversation – is actually who they are supposed to be – or a criminal using using deepfake technology. The deepfake detector looks for anomalies in image noise and colour to determine if the video is suspicious.
“Our new Deepfake Inspector is designed to protect Australians by detecting AI-powered impersonations and avoid potentially harmful or costly deceptions,” said Tim Falinski, VP, Consumer Business, Trend Micro AMEA.
Deepfake Inspector is a free download for Windows users only. Analysis happens in real time and locally on device. This helps to keep data protected and private.
Soon in the Trend Vision One platform, new deepfake detection technology will use a variety of advanced methods to spot AI-generated content. The platform also analyses user behavioural elements to provide a much stronger approach to detecting and stopping deepfakes. Upon detection, Trend immediately alerts enterprise security teams, enabling them to learn, educate, and take proactive measures to prevent future attacks.
“For Australian businesses, these threats can pose significant risks to potentially undermine trust, security and brand integrity,” said Mick McCluney, ANZ Field CTO, Trend Micro ANZ.
“Our latest research reveals several new deepfake tools that make it easy for cybercriminals at all skill levels to launch damaging scams, social engineering, and security bypass attempts. With our newly announced cutting-edge capabilities within the Trend Vision One platform, we are at the forefront of combating these threats for our enterprise customers, to detect deepfakes and other forms of AI fraud.”
It’s trivial for cybercriminals to gather enough material (bio, audio, video and stills) to make a deepfake. Once the data is collected, AI cloning tools do the rest. As each week passes, the better deepfakes become.
A Trend Micro survey reveals that 62% of Australians are very or extremely concerned about deepfake scams. The general public is open to wide range of deepfake trickery.
These include:
- Romance scams
- HR recruiting scams
- Grandparent scams
Deepfakes pose a huge risk to business and consumers. In a recent Trend Micro study, 36% of consumers reported experiencing a scam attempt using a deepfake. The FBI is already on record about deepfake technology being used to fraudulently apply for remote working positions.
Deepfakes are not only fooling humans, they are bypassing facial recognition security systems. Criminals are also exploiting existing LLM models through clever jailbreaking strategies rather than making their own AI tools. You can read more in this report from Trend Micro.