{"id":607693,"date":"2024-02-07T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/deepfake-face-swap-attacks-surged-704-last-year-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T13:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T10:00:29","slug":"deepfake-face-swap-attacks-surged-704-last-year-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deepfake-face-swap-attacks-surged-704-last-year-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Deepfake \u2018face swap\u2019 attacks surged 704% last year, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f19f90a3fa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f19f90a3fa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deepfake-face-swap-attacks-surged-704-last-year-study-finds\/#Concealing_deepfake_crimes\" >Concealing deepfake crimes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deepfake-face-swap-attacks-surged-704-last-year-study-finds\/#Face_swaps_in_the_headlines\" >Face swaps in the headlines<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2020%2F10%2FScreenshot-2020-10-29-at-12.42.22-e1700046042645.png&amp;signature=7d2cc8df7d9d5ea9d71efed5abb48098\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            Deepfake \u201cface swap\u201d attacks skyrocketed by 704% from the first to the second half of 2023, according to new research.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysts at iProov, a British biometric firm, attributed the surge to the growing accessibility of sophisticated generative AI tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With their ability to manipulate key traits of an image or video, face swaps made with GenAI are difficult to detect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re also user-friendly and affordable. To create convincing face swaps, all you need is off-the-shelf software.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The manipulated or synthetic output is then fed to a virtual camera.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW Conference 2024 &#8211; 2 for 1 Flash Sale<\/p>\n<p>Get two tickets for the price of one. Offer Ends on Monday 12 February<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere has been a proliferation in face swap tools making it very easy to create, and inject, face swaps with very little technical knowledge,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr Andrew Newell, Chief Scientific Officer at iProov, told TNW.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cKnowledge of these tools is spreading quickly through the information sharing forums, along with techniques to bypass many existing defences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Concealing_deepfake_crimes\"><\/span>Concealing deepfake crimes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>SwapFace and DeepFaceLive are the most popular tools for bad actors, according to iProov. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>Attackers <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">often combine them with emulators \u2014 which mimic a user\u2019s device, such as a mobile phone \u2014 alongside other metadata manipulation methods. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By using these tools, crooks can<span> hide the evidence of virtual cameras, which makes the face swaps harder to detect.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identity fraudsters have quickly exploited this vulnerability. From H1 to H2 last year, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the use of deepfake <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> alongside metadata spoofing soared by 672%. In that same period, there was a 353% increase in threat actors using emulators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration is also on the up. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the groups identified by iProov\u2019s analysts, almost half (47%) were created in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Face_swaps_in_the_headlines\"><\/span>Face swaps in the headlines<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iProov\u2019s research arrives just days after<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0one of the biggest deepfake scams in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A finance worker in Hong Kong was duped into transferring HK$200mn (\u20ac23.8mn) to conmen posing as her colleagues in a video call, according to Chinese police. Other than the victim, everyone on the call was a digital recreation of a real staff member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhilst it has not been confirmed, it is likely that this attack used face swap <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, which provides the threat actors with a very high level of control over the resulting deepfake video, combined with injection techniques to make it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear as if the video on the call was coming from a real camera,\u201d Newell said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese are the tools that we have identified in our report as representing a very significant threat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four years after researchers highlighted deepfakes the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most worrying AI crime<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, their anxieties are becoming reality.<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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