Tips to Protect Yourself from AI Scams
Did you know it’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month?
In today’s blog, we'll be sharing some protection tips for you, because AI threats aren’t just targeting organizations. They’re targeting individuals.
Cybercriminals are using deepfake video calls, voice cloning, and AI-generated messages to launch hyper-personalized scams that feel real, sound familiar, and feel urgent.
What’s Happening:
- AI-driven phishing mimics your boss, your bank, or your best friend.
- Voice cloning (vishing) tricks you with familiar tones and urgent requests.
- Deepfake videos impersonate real people in video calls.
10 Ways to Stay Safe
1. Verify everything, even if it looks or sounds familiar. Hang up and call the person or business back. Don't reply to any messages with personal info.
2. As always, think before you click! Treat AI interactions like public forums. Don’t enter information into a chatbot if you wouldn’t share it on social media.
3. Enable MFA on all accounts.
4. Slow down when a message feels urgent or emotional.
5. Report suspicious activity to your IT team or the appropriate developer.
6. Protect your AI accounts like all your other ones: use a unique, complex, and long password (at least 15 characters). Use a password strength checker!
7. Question overly personalized messages. AI can gather your digital footprint and use it against you.
8. Stop and think before you provide personal info into any AI tool. Data privacy should be considered.
9. The use of tech tools like EDR and email filtering is critical, but people should remain aware and stay vigilant.
10. Stick to secure, company-approved AI tools at work.