How to deal with the increase in ‘deepfakes’ in job interviews, according to experts

July 28 (Portaltic/EP) –

The FBI has recently announced the increase in ‘deepfake’ profiles (videos manipulated by Artificial Intelligence) detected in the selection processes of some companies. According to the federal agency it’s a statement published at the end of June, impostors use videos, imagesrecordings and stolen identities, posing as someone else to get a remote IT job.

Hiring a person who has used a ‘deepfake’ can lead to serious problems when that fake employee gains access to confidential corporate information and customer data. In this way, it can pose a threat to the company’s security, and the organization may not have the opportunity to bring the scammer to justice, as cybersecurity experts from the Kaspersky company warn.

However, that’s not the only way scammers use ‘deepfakes’ to take advantage of a business. As technology evolves, they can use this new method to trick biometric tests used by banks and cryptocurrency exchanges to verify user identities for money laundering purposes. According to him report ‘Sensitivity’Nine of the top ten Know Your Customer (KYC) providers were highly vulnerable to deepfake attacks.

This technology is also used for targeted or mass phishing. Cybercriminals can imitate company executives to gain a person’s trust and trick it into providing sensitive data, money, or access to the organization’s infrastructure. On one occasion, the criminals managed to obtain 35 million dollars by falsifying the voice of the director of a company.

“Being aware of the danger is half the battle. It is important to educate employees and inform them about new fraudulent methods. A high-quality deepfake requires a lot of experience and effort, but fakes used for scams or synchronous interaction during an interview are generally of low quality,” says Vladislav Tushkanov, Lead Data Scientist at Kaspersky.

“Among the signs to detect a ‘deepfake’, we should look for unnatural lip movements, poorly rendered hair, mismatched facial shapes, little or no blinking, differences in skin color or errors in the representation of the image. clothes. However, a cybercriminal may intentionally lower the video quality to hide it”, adds this expert.

Therefore, to minimize the possibility of hiring a fake employee, he recommends “dividing job interviews into several stages, involving not only human resource managers, but also the people who will work with a new employee.” “This will increase the chances of detecting something out of the ordinary,” she adds.

Technology is also a good ally to combat ‘deepfakes’. A cybersecurity solution will ensure the necessary support if a high quality ‘deepfake’ convinces an employee to download malicious files or programs or to visit suspicious links or phishing websites.

“An anti-fraud solution that performs user behavior analysis and monitors financial transactions can be a good option for companies that use KYC, as it provides an additional layer of protection,” they conclude from Kaspersky.