KnowBe4 introduces a new deepfake training program that teaches employees how to deal with AI-driven social engineering. The training simulates deepfake scenarios with their own managers to make employees aware of this emerging threat.
Are you suddenly in an unexpected video call where your boss emphatically asks you to empty the company accounts to an account in the Cayman Islands? Then you may be the victim of AI-driven deepfake phishing. Or your company is a client of phishing training expert Knowbe4.
Knowbe4 is launching new training to raise awareness of this type of advanced phishing attack. The company developed the new training in response to the increasing use of deepfake technology in fraud and phishing.
Real deepfakes
The new deepfake training is designed to support IT and security teams in increasing their organization’s resilience. Users can create a personalized training scenario in which a leader from their own organization delivers a convincing message via a deepfake video. In this way, employees experience firsthand how difficult it is to distinguish a manipulated message from a real one.
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All simulations are checked and approved by the platform administrators to ensure ethical use. The training focuses on recognizing signals that may indicate manipulated media, such as subtle behavioral inconsistencies or deviating message structures.
In the margin, we note that alarm bells can also go off without deepfake training by looking at other parameters. After all, why would the CFO suddenly start a video call via a different email address, or via a Zoom link instead of Teams?