Deepfakes, AI-Manipulated Audio, and Hijacked Social Media Surge in 2024
Avast Threat Report shows nearly 90% of cyberthreats currently rely on human manipulation
TEMPE, Ariz. and PRAGUE, May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Avast, a leader in digital security and privacy and brand of Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN), has reported that social engineering threats – those which rely on human manipulation – account for most cyberthreats faced by individuals in 2024. According to the latest quarterly Avast Threat Report, which looks at the threat landscape from January-March 2024, scams, phishing and malvertising accounted for 90% of all threats on mobile devices and 87% of threats on desktop. Moreover, the threat research team discovered a significant spike in scams leveraging sophisticated tactics such as using deepfake technology, AI-manipulated audio synchronization, and hijacking of YouTube and other social channels to disseminate fraudulent content.