Bitdefender Labs has been keeping up with the latest modus operandi of
cybercrooks who adapt emerging technologies to siphon money from consumers.

Artificial intelligence is just one of the many tools that help in the creation
and successful dissemination of online schemes to extort money and sensitive
information.

This paper focuses on voice cloning (audio deepfakes) schemes and how they are
proliferated via social media to trick unsuspecting victims.

Before delving deeper into the main subj