The New Social Engineering: Why Scammers Don’t Need Your Password Anymore
About this episode
The episode discusses the evolution of social engineering in cybersecurity, focusing on how scammers use AI to impersonate trusted individuals.
Send us Fan Mail They don’t need your password anymore. The fastest shift in cybersecurity isn’t a new exploit or a smarter botnet, it’s a new kind of social engineering that uses AI voice cloning, deepfake audio, and synthetic identity tools to imitate the people you trust most. When a scammer can sound like your boss, your spouse, or your child with only a few seconds of audio, the attack doesn’t target your firewall, it targets your instincts. We break down why this “emotional intrusion” ...
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Host: Jim Kunkle
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- social engineering
- AI voice cloning
- deepfake audio
- synthetic identity
- emotional intrusion
Keywords
- cybersecurity
- social engineering
- AI
- voice cloning
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