Categories: InfoSec News World Affairs

Voice ID: How Secure is it Really?

Published by
RiSec.Mitch

As banks worldwide roll out Voice ID as a means of user authentication over the phone, questions are being raised about just how secure it is. With freely available artificial intelligence (AI) now capable of replicating people’s voices, could it be a security risk? Recent research suggests that it could.

To test this theory, Vice reporter Joseph Cox used five minutes of recorded speech and a site that can learn to synthesize the voice in the recording. The banking website initially refused to verify Cox’s synthesized voice as genuine, but with a few tweaks, it soon allowed him into his account. From there, he had access to account information, recent transactions, transfers, and balances.

While the bank used in the test claims that criminals would rather use other more common methods of attack than AI voice recordings, the reality is that the widespread availability of AI tools like ChatGPT means that biometric authentication is no longer foolproof. Unlike passwords, which are either right or wrong, all forms of biometric authentication are analog, relying on a judgment of similarity, which creates opportunities for enterprising criminals who can produce realistic facsimiles.

As AI technology continues to advance, it is essential to pay close attention to the rapidly improving area of voice synthesis if you’re deploying voice recognition as part of your business. Don’t let the words “My voice is my password” come back to haunt you in the worst way imaginable.

We’ll leave it there, for now.

vicearticle:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7axa/how-i-broke-into-a-bank-account-with-an-ai-generated-voice

malwarebytes:

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/02/ai-generated-voice-recording-grants-access-to-telephone-banking

Suggest an edit to this article

Cybersecurity Knowledge Base

Homepage

Remember, CyberSecurity Starts With You!

  • Globally, 30,000 websites are hacked daily.
  • 64% of companies worldwide have experienced at least one form of a cyber attack.
  • There were 20M breached records in March 2021.
  • In 2020, ransomware cases grew by 150%.
  • Email is responsible for around 94% of all malware.
  • Every 39 seconds, there is a new attack somewhere on the web.
  • An average of around 24,000 malicious mobile apps are blocked daily on the internet.
Bookmark
Please login to bookmark Close
Social Comments Box
Share the word, let's increase Cybersecurity Awareness as we know it

This post was last modified on 2 March 2023 2:25 AM

RiSec.Mitch

Just your average information security researcher from Delaware US.

Leave a Comment
Published by
RiSec.Mitch
Tags: AI Cracked VoiceID

Recent Posts

  • Data Breach News
  • InfoSec News

WH Smith Announces Cyber-Attack: Employee Data Stolen

British high street chain WH Smith has recently revealed that it was hit by a…

2 years ago
  • Cybersecurity Academy
  • InfoSec News

What distinguishes Application Security from API Security?

In the era of digital transformation, cybersecurity has become a major concern for businesses. When…

2 years ago
  • Cybersecurity Academy
  • InfoSec News

The Top 5 Cybersecurity threats facing Businesses Today

In today's digital age, cybersecurity threats have become a significant concern for businesses of all…

2 years ago
  • InfoSec News
  • World Affairs

Enterprise users infected by RIG Exploit Kit thanks to Internet Explorer

The RIG Exploit Kit is currently in the midst of its most productive phase, attempting…

2 years ago
  • Cybersecurity Academy

The Rise and Rise of AI

One of the most transformational technologies of our time, artificial intelligence (AI), has quickly come…

2 years ago
  • Cybersecurity Academy
  • Featured

Evolution of The World Wide Web (WWW)

The World Wide Web (WWW) has arguanble gone through mind-blowing ammounts transformation since its inception…

2 years ago