Deepfakes Targeting the Heart

What’s more effective to take one’s guard down than to target straight at the heart. Both ransomware and deepfakes exploit our trust in technology. Ransomware exploits our reliance on digital data, and deepfakes exploit our belief in visual and auditory evidence. Staying informed and practicing caution are our best defenses against these evolving threats.

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Daniel Masterson, Ai Courtrie Buson & Bard Gee
May 09, 2025

for the week May 4, 2025, 71st edition

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High-quality deepfakes have a heart!

Deepfakes have become ubiquitous in our modern society, with both their quantity and quality increasing. The current evolution of image generation techniques makes the detection of manipulated content through visual inspection increasingly difficult.

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To be honest, this week’s feature story came as a surprise. We haven’t heard much from the deepfake/imposter scams lately but we’ve decided, it’s still quite rampant.

But that’s not to say in any way that ransomeware is out of the radar. Check out Good Read above.

Both ransomware and deepfakes exploit our trust in technology. Ransomware exploits our reliance on digital data, and deepfakes exploit our belief in visual and auditory evidence. Staying informed and practicing caution are our best defenses against these evolving threats.

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Glossary/Legend:

  • Phishing - a cybercrime that involves tricking people into giving away sensitive information.

  • Cyberattack - A malicious attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, network, or device. The goal of a cyberattack is to disrupt or damage the target, or to steal data, intellectual property, or money.

  • Malware (short for malicious software) - refers to any intrusive software developed by cybercriminals (often called hackers) to steal data and damage or destroy computers and computer systems.

  • Ransomware - A type of malware that locks or encrypts a victim's files and demands a ransom payment to unlock and decrypt them. Ransomware can infect a variety of devices, including computers, smartphones, printers, and more.

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