Deepfakes stories

Australian businesses face rising AI-driven cyberattacks as criminals use machine learning and deepfakes, urging firms to adopt advanced cybersecurity measures.

A major Australian financial institution lost A$23m from unauthorised transactions, prompting a nationwide push to prioritise trust and fraud prevention in 2024.

ANZ business leaders urge prioritising AI readiness and strategy to harness its transformative potential and address key data and infrastructure challenges.

IDnow and Keyless have partnered to enhance digital identity checks by combining biometric authentication with identity verification, bolstering security and privacy.

The results of the first of four Canadian government-run workshops were released in a report.

A report reveals 90% of firms globally, including 71% in Asia Pacific, are unprepared for AI-driven cyber threats, risking costly disruptions.

Over 1,000 Australian students joined Optus' Digital Thumbprint workshop to learn how to identify AI threats like deepfakes, scams, and online extortion.

AI use in European workplaces surges with 83% adoption, yet just 31% have formal policies, raising concerns over security and ethical risks.

A global survey reveals 81% of staff use AI at work but only 28% of firms have formal AI policies, highlighting a critical gap in skills and risk management.

Nearly one-third of UK firms lack AI risk policies, as CyXcel unveils a new DRM tool to tackle rising AI threats and compliance demands.

Despite record cybersecurity investment, 80% of UK firms faced cyber incidents last year, with 34% reporting increased breaches, reveals Logicalis UKI's 2025 CIO Report.

Ransomware attacks surged globally last year, with 69% of organisations breached and AI increasingly used to automate and intensify cyber threats.

AI is transforming cyber threats into more complex attacks, with Canada facing rising risks amid a 47% surge in weekly cyber attacks in 2025.

Infosecurity Europe 2025 will focus on AI-driven cyber risks with a new AI and cloud security theatre, highlighting generative AI threats and strategic responses.

A Delinea report reveals 69% of organisations faced AI-driven ransomware attacks in the past year, despite fewer victims paying ransoms.

DigiCert plans growth in ANZ amid rising cyber attacks and quantum computing threats, boosting digital trust with local deployment of DigiCert ONE platform.

A recent webinar highlighted AI's dual role in Southeast Asia's media, enhancing storytelling yet raising concerns over biased algorithms and press freedom.

Check Point Research reveals AI's rising role in cybercrime, highlighting risks like deepfakes, data poisoning, and Dark LLMs threatening digital security worldwide.

Forrester's report reveals top cybersecurity threats in 2025, including regulatory upheavals, deepfakes, AI risks, insider threats, and GenAI-driven extortion.

A CyberArk report reveals Australian firms face rising cyber risk as machine identities outnumber humans 79 to 1, yet many remain unsecured amid lagging priorities.