🇨🇦 English, 23 October 2026, social engineering
Cybercriminals Exploit Trusted Relationships for Attacks
Attackers use deepfakes and social engineering to impersonate trusted individuals, exploiting relationships to gain access to sensitive information.
Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and voice cloning enable cybercriminals to convincingly impersonate people we know and trust, making it easier to cause significant damage.
Cybercriminals recognize the value of relationships and exploit them as alternate paths to the target, often targeting individuals who are closest to the high-value target.
To protect against these attacks, it’s essential to understand how trusted relationships can be exploited and how our digital identities can be weaponized against those who trust us.