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Epic Games shuts down Houseparty app to focus on metaverse

CTOvision

Houseparty, the social video app that launched in 2016 and soared in popularity during the pandemic, will be shutting down in October, the company announced Thursday.

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How Brands Can Inspire User Engagement and Nurture UGC Through Art

IT Toolbox

When a brand successfully sparks consumer engagement, coveted social media posts typically follow. Finding marketing strategies that nurture organic, user-generated content (online images, videos, stories and conversations involving the brand) requires a hearty dose of creativity and authenticity.

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Mobile Malware Uses Deepfakes, Social Engineering to Bypass Biometric Authentication

SecureWorld News

A sophisticated form of mobile malware dubbed "GoldPickaxe" has been uncovered, which collects facial recognition data to produce deepfake videos, enabling hackers to bypass biometric authentication protections on banking apps. The hackers rely heavily on social engineering tactics to distribute the malware.

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When voice deepfakes come calling

CIO Business Intelligence

And if they werent, multi-factor authentication (MFA), answers to security questions, and verbal passwords would solve the issue. Those days are behind us, as deepfake audio and video are no longer just for spoofing celebrities. A recent report found that fraudsters are not always trying to bypass authentication.

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The hidden costs of your helpdesk

CIO Business Intelligence

When you add multi-factor authentication (MFA) resets to the picture, that number is likely even higher. Most authentication methods are actually quite easy to get around, and in many cases were never intended to be security factors. But what happens when a user can’t access their authenticator app?

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Phone spam-fighting startup Hiya rolls out Chrome extension that detects deepfake audio content

GeekWire

Hiya announced the launch Thursday of its Deepfake Voice Detector as a free Google Chrome extension that can identify deepfake audio and video content. The company said it needs just a second of audio to determine if a voice is authentic or generated by a voice cloning tool.

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Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

Vox

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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