#276 - How is AI Reshaping Fraud (with Brian Long)
From CISO Tradecraft® by G Mark Hardy & Ross Young
March 23, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 276
About this episode
This episode discusses how AI is reshaping fraud through social engineering techniques and the importance of workforce awareness in cyber defense.
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy speaks with Brian Long, CEO and co-founder of Adaptive Security, about how AI is accelerating and scaling social engineering through deepfakes, OSINT-driven personalization, and real-time conversational attacks. Brian says people remain the biggest opportunity in cyber defense, citing rapid growth in deepfake-enabled incidents and examples including a widely reported $25M wire fraud involving a fake Zoom meeting of “peers,” plus a CFO/controller case where a deepfaked CEO pushed secrecy and urgency. They argue detection alone is unreliable due to an arms race and attackers shifting to unverified channels (phone, Teams/Slack, Signal). Key mitigations include workforce awareness, stronger organizational controls (especially for hiring and payments), verification habits, and personalized training paired with AI-powered simulations and reporting/automated email handling. Big thanks to our sponsor Adaptive Security. Note, you can learn more about them by visiting their website: https://www.adaptivesecurity.com/demo/security-awareness-training
People in this episode
Host: G Mark Hardy
Guest: Brian Long
Topics covered
- AI
- fraud
- cybersecurity
- social engineering
- deepfakes
- organizational controls
Keywords
- AI
- fraud
- deepfakes
- cybersecurity
- social engineering
- OSINT
- verification
Sponsors
Adaptive Security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Zoom
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