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Cheap shots: Vaccine phishing scams target employees seeking a return to the office

SC Magazine

Sherrod DeGrippo, senior director of threat research and detection at Proofpoint, said that while she hasn’t seen significant volumes of email threat activity using return-to-work themes just yet, “we have seen references to the vaccine in malicious social engineering, as well as the COVID-19 relief bill recently passed by the Biden administration.

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Tackling AI threats. Advanced DFIR methods and tools for deepfake detection

Pen Test Partners

Notably, in the authentic videos, Obama and Trump are portrayed by comedic impersonators: Synthetic Documents : Perfectly crafted fake contracts, IDs, or emails designed to deceive. These sophisticated fakes are often indistinguishable from authentic data using traditional analysis methods.

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