After a sleepy primary season, Russia enters 2024 U.S. election fray

Russian influence operations have picked up steam in the past two months, according to a Microsoft report.

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The tangled web of corporations behind the New Hampshire AI robocall 

The man alleged to have impersonated Joe Biden appears to control a network of marketing firms and fundraising operations. 

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New Hampshire robocall kicks off era of AI-enabled election disinformation 

Fake audio of President Biden urged Democratic primary voters to stay away from the polls — a preview of election meddling to come in 2024. 

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Black Hat 2020: Open-Source AI to Spur Wave of ‘Synthetic Media’ Attacks

The explosion of open-source AI models are lowering the barrier of entry for bad actors to create fake video, audio and images – and Facebook, Twitter and other platforms aren’t ready. Continue reading Black Hat 2020: Open-Source AI to Spur Wave of ‘Synthetic Media’ Attacks

TikTok Flaw Allows Threat Actors to Plant Forged Videos in User Feeds

The popular video-sharing apps’s use of HTTP to download media content instead of a secure protocol could lead to the spread of misinformation on the platform. Continue reading TikTok Flaw Allows Threat Actors to Plant Forged Videos in User Feeds

2020 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch

Mobile becomes a prime phishing attack vector, hackers will increasingly employ machine learning in attacks and cloud will increasingly be seen as fertile ground for compromise. Continue reading 2020 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch