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I didn't even have fraud as a use case on my radar, but social engineering attacks will be completely reimagined.
by _pmf_ 7y ago
I didn't even have fraud as a use case on my radar, but social engineering attacks will be completely reimagined.
- JohnJamesRambo 7y agoImagine receiving a deepfake video with audio from your boss telling you to do something.
- _Codemonkeyism 7y agohttps://backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Ito_T._Fujitsu https://backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Ito_T._Fujitsu
- ThePadawan 7y agoWoah there. Maybe I'm way off base here, but I wouldn't even come in to work overtime on a weekend without written confirmation from my boss, never mind touch anything money-related.
- taneq 7y agoImagine getting an email from your boss asking you to order in some supplies from a new supplier. You think it sounds pfishy (hah) and so you call them to confirm. They confirm. Do you really think that most employees would need more than that?
- imhoguy 7y agoIf attackers pass our PO process then they deserve the money although they may need to spend it on PTS therapy first /s
- ThePadawan 7y agoI might be biased since I live in a country famous for its amount of bureaucracy (Switzerland). But yes, at my current employer, I believe no one would do that just based on an email and a phone call. But then I dare say that faking Swiss German is an order of magnitude harder than faking English.
- _pmf_ 7y ago> But then I dare say that faking Swiss German is an order of magnitude harder than faking English. Someone has compared the typical cadence of Schwyzerdütsch to riding a donkey over very rough mountainous terrain, and I'm inclined to agree.
- michaelt 7y agoOne of the most common types of this fraud is to have hacked the CEO's e-mail account. In which case not only is the request written, it also has the expected from address, footer, DKIM and so on.