AI – a new weapon in the hands of cybercriminals

How easy is it to create a convincing fake login page with AI, to fake a person's voice, or to make a well-known person appear to say something they never said on video?

This is not an ordinary training course but a show of practical demonstrations and real-life examples, showing how artificial intelligence has changed what criminals can do and how skilled they are.

Urmo Keskel (Phishbite OÜ) shows which AI-made or AI-boosted frauds have been circulating in Estonia over the past year: fake login pages, faked social-media accounts, fake news and deepfake videos. We watch many videos and examples of what scammers have made with AI, and also cases where AI backfired on them and exposed the fraud. Urmo also demonstrates how easily convincing fake content can be made with today's AI tools.

We also go a step deeper into the world of cyberattacks and see how AI helps find and exploit software vulnerabilities. Urmo shares publicly available experience. Each participant takes away practical advice on protecting themselves and their employer from online fraud.

Urmo Keskel is a co-founder of Phishbite, a cyber-hygiene training platform.

Wednesday 18 November, 17:30, National Library of Estonia, 6th-floor conference room, Tõnismägi 2, Tallinn. Part of Arunädal and the Eesti.ai initiative 'The most AI-savvy nation'.