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\u201cThat won\u2019t happen to me\u201d is something many business owners say when discussing cyber-scams and the need for adequate protections for their business, but these days it\u2019s getting to be a really, really stupid statement that you definitely don\u2019t want your clients, employees and banker to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generative AI (artificial intelligence) tools are allowing scammers to produce deep fakes to defraud their targets. Earlier this year, Clive Kabatznik, an investor in Florida, called his local Bank of America representative to discuss a big money transfer he was planning to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediately after this legitimate call, a scammer called the bank back using an AI-generated deepfake voice of \u201cClive\u201d to convince the banker to transfer the money to another account. Fortunately, the banker was suspicious enough that no money was transferred, but not everyone is as lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a report titled The Artificial Imposter<\/em> by McAfee, a well-established cyber security firm, 77% of AI voice scams were successful in securing money from their target. Even scarier, AI tools can clone a voice from just three seconds of audio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A UK-based energy firm\u2019s CEO was the victim of a voice scam when he thought he was talking to his boss, the CEO of the parent company based in Germany. The voice on the other end of the line instructed him to send the equivalent of $233,000 to a Hungarian supplier. The voice was so convincing, down to the slight German accent, that the CEO complied without hesitation. By the time they realized what had happened, the money had already been transferred to Mexico and distributed to other locations that weren\u2019t traceable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But big businesses aren\u2019t the only ones targeted.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer DeStefano, a mother of a 15-year-old daughter, recounted during a US Senate hearing her terrifying encounter with an AI scammer who used the voice of her daughter to attempt to convince her that the girl had been kidnapped. Fortunately, her daughter was in her bed sleeping at the time, and Jennifer was able to realize it was a scam. Many others aren\u2019t as lucky as Jennifer and are getting scammed by AI voices of grandchildren, children and other loved ones who \u201curgently need money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This approach is still so new that there\u2019s no comprehensive accounting of how often it\u2019s happening, but the CEO of Pindrop, a security company that monitors audio traffic for many of the largest US banks, said he had seen a jump in its prevalence this year \u2013 and in the sophistication of scammers\u2019 voice-fraud attempts. Another large voice-authentication vendor, Nuance, saw its first successful deepfake attack on a financial services client late last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the rapid advancement of AI technology and its wider availability as costs come down, coupled with the broad availability of recordings of people\u2019s voices on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the perfect conditions have been created for voice-related AI scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you need to do to protect yourself?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For starters, share this article to make sure your staff is aware of these types of scams. Next, instruct them to ALWAYS check with you via a text message or other means BEFORE transferring money. If you\u2019re not a business owner, you can do the same with your family, using a code word or other means of verifying the caller\u2019s legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, check the caller ID. If it\u2019s something you don\u2019t recognize, or it\u2019s a blocked number, that\u2019s a BIG red flag that it\u2019s a scam. Even if it sounds like them on the other end of the line, hang up and call their phone direct or the place they\u2019re supposed to be (school, office, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the person calling has on-fire urgency and wants money wire-transferred or a Bitcoin payment, that\u2019s another huge red flag. Real emergencies don\u2019t come with highly skeptical payment demands.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In business, you\u2019ve clawed and climbed your way to the top, dodging all sorts of pitfalls and predators that have tried to make you their meal. Such threats are everywhere, and the higher you climb, the more you\u2019ll find hiding behind every tree, every rock and every step. No matter how small and insignificant you might think you are, you ARE a target for someone, and being casual about cyber security and the threats they pose is an absolute surefire way to be robbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want this to happen to you, click here to request a free Cyber Security Risk Assessment to see just how protected your organization is against known predators. If you haven\u2019t had an independent third party conduct this audit in the last 6 months, you\u2019re due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s completely free and confidential, without obligation. Voice scams are just the latest in a tsunami of threats aimed at small business owners, with the most susceptible being the ones who never \u201ccheck the locks\u201d to ensure their current IT company is doing what they should. Claim your complimentary Risk Assessment today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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