AI Hacking Tools Enable Convincing Scams - How to Protect Yourself
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AI hacking tools allow scammers to impersonate people and businesses more convincingly through deepfakes and mimicking writing styles. These tools are being used for email phishing attacks, fake calls asking for money, and credential stuffing.
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Scammers are targeting loyalty and bank accounts through techniques like credential stuffing - using breached username/password combinations across sites. As AI improves, video call verification may also be insufficient.
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You can protect yourself through methods like having a family verification system, being alert to urgency tactics, monitoring account activity regularly, using unique passwords across accounts, and setting up 2-factor authentication.
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Emerging threats like deepfake video could allow scammers to impersonate someone on a video call. Additional protections like phone passphrases and virtual private networks (VPNs) can help secure data.
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While AI hacking presents growing threats, there are steps you can take like fraud reporting, credit monitoring, and learning to spot scam red flags that help keep your information safe.