What's the problem?
Vishing, voice phishing, is a growing problem that due to one old problem, number spoofing, in combination with a new problem, ai deepfake voice.
Number spoofing is a problem due to how telephone networks work, and have a couple of legitimate use cases. It's unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. Possibly ever.
AI deepfake voice technology is a much newer phenomena that has come out of the most recent AI popularity wave. With the right model trained on a persons voice you can sound like anyone, in real time. This isn't going away o matter what some might hope, and it will only get better and better. Fast.
When your phone says your CEO is calling about an emergency transaction, how do you know it's really them? Just because it's from their number and sounds like them?
Vishing attacks has already hit other companies
The threat has escalated during the last two years, a couple of examples that has reached the news.
- Wiz CEO says company was targeted with deepfake attack that used his voice, TechCrunch, 2024-10-28
- Ferrari exec foils deepfake attempt by asking the scammer a question only CEO Benedetto Vigna could answer, Fortune, 2024-07-27
- Voice Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Balance, NY Times, 2023-08-30
- Fraudsters Cloned Company Director's Voice In $35 Million Heist, Police Find, Forbes, 2023-05-02
What's the solution?
TrickTrapper can help your company in different ways
Protect your company
It can help your organization stay safe and avoid voice phishing attacks without people discussing random books on a daily basis. Read more about the Protect your Company use case.
Protect your customers
There's a scourge of scammers calling people pretending you be you, fooling them into transferring over their retirement savings. Get TrickTrapper to help your customers verify that it's you calling, limiting fraud. Read more about the Protect your Customer use case.