Deepfake Defense in the Age of AI
May 13, 2025
AI Security / Zero Trust
The cybersecurity landscape has been dramatically reshaped by the advent of generative AI. Attackers now leverage large language models (LLMs) to impersonate trusted individuals and automate these social engineering tactics at scale. Let’s review the status of these rising attacks, what’s fueling them, and how to actually prevent, not detect, them. The Most Powerful Person on the Call Might Not Be Real Recent threat intelligence reports highlight the growing sophistication and prevalence of AI-driven attacks: Voice Phishing Surge: According to CrowdStrike's 2025 Global Threat Report , there was a 442% increase in voice phishing (vishing) attacks between the first and second halves of 2024, driven by AI-generated phishing and impersonation tactics. Social Engineering Prevalence: Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report indicates that social engineering remains a top pattern in breaches, with phishing and pretexting accounting for a significant portion of inc...
