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How to spot an AI Deepfake
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Brian Long (Adaptive Security) on Deepfakes and Emerging AI Threats Brian Long, co-founder of Adaptive, joins a16z partner Joel de la Garza to discuss the rapid evolution of AI-driven threats, from deepfakes to sophisticated misinformation campaigns. As AI-generated content becomes increasingly realistic, bad actors are finding new ways to exploit these tools for fraud, identity theft, and large-scale deception. Brian dives into the latest developments in adversarial AI, how organizations can stay ahead of evolving threats, and why security teams need to rethink traditional defense strategies. He also examines the arms race between hackers and AI-powered security tools—and what it will take to maintain trust in a world where seeing is no longer believing. Learn more: https://www.adaptivesecurity.com/blog Follow everybody on social media: Brian Long - https://x.com/BrianCLong/ Joel de la Garza - https://www.linkedin.com/in/3448827723723234/ Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence, including articles, projects, and more podcasts, here: https://a16z.com/ai/ 01:10 - How do you think about protecting people from DeepSeek security threats? 03:53 - Virtual Kidnapping and deepfakes 06:30 - What can companies do to ensure their employees are more resilient against attacks? 10:39 - How do you make the training meaningful to employees and drive the ROI? 13:17 - Threats are evolving, where do we go from here? 17:04 - Employment scams 20:09 - Agentic security systems 21:32 - Resources for informing your security awareness and protocol
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Securing People, Not Just Systems
This segment emphasizes the critical need for educating employees on security threats, highlighting that most attacks originate from human error rather than just technological vulnerabilities.
"there's still a bit of ego and hubris among the technology folks that we can secure this without securing the people that we can just secure the systems the reality is that almost 90% of attacks still..."
Rising Threat of Deep Fakes
This segment discusses the dramatic increase in deep fake attacks and their implications for cybersecurity.
"next couple years so since chat GPT came out a little over two years ago we've seen over a Forex increase in Social Engineering attacks um but I I think beyond that you know we've seen an even larger ..."
Protecting Your Voice from Fraud
This segment offers practical tips to safeguard your voice from deepfake technology and potential scams.
"left voicemail messages had the voice replicated sounded exactly like him demands to wire money somewhere obviously luckily this person called their father and was able to get him on the phone and he ..."
Training Employees Against CEO Impersonation
This segment focuses on the importance of preparing company employees to recognize and resist impersonation scams, particularly those utilizing generative AI.
"very normal thing people think about I immediately thought that I need to go delete my voicemail and then remember we're recording a podcast I'm kind of done um yeah I mean I think I think that's that..."
Educate and Test: Robust Security Strategies
This segment emphasizes the importance of employee education and ongoing testing to identify vulnerabilities in security practices.
"to be vigilance there but the other channels are where there's uh you know just tremendous exposure so my uh you know my advice to um people at at companies who are in charge of security and and care ..."
Transforming Security Training with AI
This segment discusses how AI can enhance and personalize security training to keep it relevant and engaging for employees.
"and awareness is by far the best Roi of the entire portfolio that aiso has yet it's become this kind of rote sort of check the box I've got I actually have an email in my inbox about how I need to com..."
The Evolving Tactics of Cyber Scammers
This segment explores the sophistication of cyber scammers and their evolving tactics, particularly through the lens of AI and social engineering.
"that exists about you and me and lots of people out there that I think most people don't fully Gro today yeah it's incredible what's what's available I'm curious your take I mean I think that's all th..."
The Serious Consequences of Neglected Training
This segment discusses how inadequate security training signals vulnerability and the potential life-threatening risks posed by sophisticated cyber attacks.
"this hacking type team it's the the same type of uh interaction that we're we're automating you know in terms of just I think overall on the uh security and training side too just come back to that fo..."
The Rise of Deep Fake Espionage
This segment discusses the alarming potential of deep fakes being used for espionage and the inadequacies of current training methods against such threats.
"what I'm most worried about and I think it's unfortunately very likely to happen the next couple years in a large scale um affecting all types of businesses the the example that I I I brought up in a ..."
Building Vigilance Through Simulation
This segment discusses the importance of simulations in helping individuals recognize and respond to AI-powered cyber threats.
"different levels of simulated AI powered attacks um some that are easier to spot some that are more realistic on a harder to spot and push further down into credential harvesting and things like that ..."
AI's Role in Cyber Defense
This segment discusses the dual role of AI in enhancing security measures and the ongoing battle against cyber threats.
"your point too about they get the you know they get access to the corporate computer and they download a bunch of the the code I think what's scarier too is that with everyone being remote and how sys..."