Okay, so this time a new technology in the market is a new threat in a society which we known as “deep fake”. Deep fake is another type of scam that leads to disinformation, posing a significant threat to organizations. Cybersecurity practitioners and the industry should focus on how they can support this new menace. Deep fake images, video and audio represent fresh attack vectors. The industry will have to quickly pitch in to handle and manage this issue.
It is not a nice walk in the park which has began to circulate in the last few years. This is the crudest form that simply put someone’s head on another person’s body to fake out viewer. This is an AI based technology in this generation that is used in producing or altering video content so that it portrays something it did not occur. This application is basically a deep learning tech that edits faces of celebrities into people in the pornography video clip. Can you imagine how unfortunate and dangerous application is it? We know science and technology have brought a renaissance in this digital era that we consider as a boon to us. On the other hand, we are facing serious threats with the advancement of such technologies. The application creates fake clips and then asks to determine the difference. After this, the application looks towards the further process. The irony of this whole thing is not only based on why such threats but also that why do people are keen towards such applications. Today machine learning along with other subfields of AI has taken modern technology to a different level of success. This application has developed a panic globally among people as a serious threat today. Such an application can easily ruin somebody’s reputation and there are numerous harmful effects of this application. Today we see lots of application which are made for fun like Snapchat that use face-morphing technology. Similar higher tools like
FakeApp which is made by the anonymous developer by using open-source written by Google. These fake applications are usually fake and if someone is a little geeky it’s very easy to use. We may find it funny and innocent but this is a real threat to the world. We find videos online of celebrities or political figure doing something horrible. This has many negative consequences like it can sway an election before there’s time for the public for learning the real fact. Anyone could get superimposed into a situation of compromise. The detection of “Deep fake” is a serious issue. Some of the identification can be detected by naked eyes. Some issues that machine can detect is lack of eye blinking or shadows that look wrong. Therefore, it’s high time now to think that how secured a person is in the age of digitization. Digital advancement is at its peak today but there must be laws and regulations to stop things that can harm someone’s reputation. Yes, we want more advancement of science and technology and today AI is ruling the globe but this advancement must be secured. With social media influence, people are keen to use different kinds of application for fun. The concern of this act is serious and this time we need to think why such applications are in use or why people think of using such applications. Is it only because of social media influence? “Deepfake is a real threat which can turn into a nightmare as well”