Deepfakes in Cybersecurity: Tools, Stats, and News (as of Nov 2024)

From the IronScales Report:

• Concerns around deepfakes are increasingly widespread and rapidly intensifying:

  • Over 94% of IT professionals express some level of concern about the threat deepfakes currently pose to their organizations.

  • When asked about the threat deepfakes will pose in the near future, the percentage of “very concerned” respondents rose sharply, to a staggering 74%.

• Deepfake defense is quickly climbing toward the top of organizations’ priorities:

  • Over 43% of IT professionals say deepfake defense will rank as their organizations’ top security priority in the next 12-18 months.

  • An additional 48% acknowledge that it will be an important part of their security operations.

• 74% expect deepfake threats to worsen significantly, making them a key issue for organizations in the near future.

• 64% believe the volume of deepfake-enabled attacks will increase in the next 12-18 months, surpassing ransomware and account takeovers.

• 75% of respondents reported that their organizations had experienced at least one deepfake related incident within the last 12 months.

  • 30% targeted with live video

  • 23% targeted with live audio

• Nearly three quarters 73% of respondents say their organizations will invest in deepfake protection within the next 12 months.

• One interesting point to note is that, despite the unmistakable air of concern around deepfakes today and the fact that over 67% of respondents have already begun providing cybersecurity training related to identifying deepfakes, only 41% of respondents are very confident in their organizations’ ability to defend against deepfake threats, which is cause for concern.