DeepFake Forensics AI: A Multi-Modal Detection and Blockchain-Anchored Evidence Management Platform

The proliferation of AI-generated synthetic media poses a critical threat to the integrity of digital evidence in legal and forensic contexts. Existing deepfake detection systems typically address a single modality and provide no mechanism for tamper-proof evidence preservation. We present DeepFa...

A week in security (May 18 – May 24)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Update Chrome now: Critical bugs could let attackers run code Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild TikTok, YouTube, and Roblox face scrutiny, but age gates won’t fix child safety Catch spyware in the act with Windows Webcam Monitoring...

A week in security (May 11 – May 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Attackers replaced JDownloader installer downloads with malware Meta’s confusing new approach to chat privacy Why Malwarebytes blocks some Yahoo Mail redirects Fake Claude search results lure Mac users into ClickFix attack Deepfake sextortion forces schools to remo...

Deepfake sextortion forces schools to remove student photos from websites

Schools love a good photo, whether it's from a trip to a castle, a science prize ceremony, or sports day shot from three angles. For two decades, celebratory images like these have gone straight onto school websites, captioned with a name and a grade. But those days are gone, because it's the...

Brinker Introduces a Novel Approach to Deepfake Detection

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The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away...

A week in security (March 23 – March 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Criminals are renting virtual phones to bypass bank security Bogus Avast website fakes virus scan, installs Venom Stealer instead Infiniti Stealer: a new macOS infostealer using ClickFix and Python/Nuitka GlassWorm attack installs fake browser extension for...

Scam compounds hiring “AI models” to seal the deal in deepfake video calls

Scam compounds in Southeast Asia have already become modern slave farms, trapping victims and forcing many of them to become scammers for them. Now they've added another type of worker to the mix: so-called AI models. These professional scammers conduct video calls with their targets, charming th...

Fake LinkedIn Interview Used by Lazarus Hackers to Target AllSecure CEO

Researchers at AllSecure have revealed how North Korean hackers from the Lazarus Group used a fake LinkedIn job interview and deepfake technology to target their CEO...

Tudou Guarantee Marketplace Halts Telegram Transactions After Processing Over $12 Billion

A Telegram-based guarantee marketplace known for advertising a broad range of illicit services appears to be winding down its operations, according to new findings from Elliptic. The blockchain intelligence company said Tudou Guarantee has effectively ceased transactions through its public Telegr...

Telegram Hosting World’s Largest Darknet Market

Wired is reporting on Chinese darknet markets on Telegram. The ecosystem of marketplaces for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers hosted on the messaging service Telegram have now grown to be bigger than ever before, according to a new analysis from the crypto tracing firm Elliptic. Despite a brief...

Nomani Investment Scam Surges 62% Using AI Deepfake Ads on Social Media

The fraudulent investment scheme known as Nomani has witnessed an increase by 62%, according to data from ESET, as campaigns distributing the threat have also expanded beyond Facebook to include other social media platforms, such as YouTube. The Slovak cybersecurity company said it blocked over...

Police Dismantle EUR 700 Million Crypto Scam That Used Deepfakes

Europol and Eurojust led a massive international police operation that successfully dismantled a crypto fraud network that laundered over €700M using deepfake ads...

ForensicFlow: A Tri-Modal Adaptive Network for Robust Deepfake Detection

Deepfakes generated by advanced GANs and autoencoders severely threaten information integrity and societal stability. Single-stream CNNs fail to capture multi-scale forgery artifacts across spatial, texture, and frequency domains, limiting robustness and generalization. We introduce the...

Decoupling Bias, Aligning Distributions: Synergistic Fairness Optimization for Deepfake Detection

Fairness is a core element in the trustworthy deployment of deepfake detection models, especially in the field of digital identity security. Biases in detection models toward different demographic groups, such as gender and race, may lead to systemic misjudgments, exacerbating the digital divide...

The 5 generative AI security threats you need to know about detailed in new e-book

Generative AI is reshaping the way security teams operate—accelerating threat detection, automating workflows, and enabling scale. But as defenders embrace AI to strengthen their posture, cyberattackers are doing the same to evolve faster than traditional defenses can adapt. Microsoft’s 2025...

The 5 generative AI security threats you need to know about detailed in new e-book

Generative AI is reshaping the way security teams operate—accelerating threat detection, automating workflows, and enabling scale. But as defenders embrace AI to strengthen their posture, cyberattackers are doing the same to evolve faster than traditional defenses can adapt. Microsoft’s 2025...

FakeSound2: a Benchmark for Explainable and Generalizable Deepfake Sound Detection

The rapid development of generative audio raises ethical and security concerns stemming from forged data, making deepfake sound detection an important safeguard against the malicious use of such technologies. Although prior studies have explored this task, existing methods largely focus on binary...

A Survey of Threats against Voice Authentication and Anti-Spoofing Systems

Voice authentication has undergone significant changes from traditional systems that relied on handcrafted acoustic features to deep learning models that can extract robust speaker embeddings. This advancement has expanded its applications across finance, smart devices, law enforcement, and beyon...

Webinar: What the Next Wave of AI Cyberattacks Will Look Like — And How to Survive

The AI revolution isn't coming. It's already here. From copilots that write our emails to autonomous agents that can take action without us lifting a finger, AI is transforming how we work. But here's the uncomfortable truth: Attackers are evolving just as fast. Every leap forward in AI gives bad...