Cato CTRL Threat Research: ProKYC Selling Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks
Cato CTRL security researchers have recently discovered a threat actor, ProKYC, selling a deepfake tool in the cybercriminal underground that helps threat actors beat two-factor authentication (2FA) for conducting account fraud attacks. The tool being sold is customized to target cryptocurrency exchanges—specifically ones that authenticate new users leveraging a government-issued document and by enabling the computer’s camera to perform facial recognition.