Which of the following is a potential use of deepfake technology in an AI-driven attack?

Encrypting a victim's files for ransom.

Impersonating a CEO's voice in a phone call to authorize a fraudulent transfer.

Exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Scanning for open ports on a network.

A security researcher is analyzing a new malware sample that uses a generative adversarial network (GAN) to create new variants that are not detected by antivirus signatures. What is the primary advantage of using a GAN for malware generation?

It allows the malware to self-destruct after execution

It creates unique variants that evade signature-based detection

It reduces the size of the malware file

It makes the malware run faster

Which of the following is an example of an evasion technique against an AI-based email spam filter?

Using a larger font size in the email.

Adding benign words to the email to lower the spam score.

Sending the email from a different IP address.

A security team deploys an AI-based intrusion detection system (IDS) that uses a deep learning model to classify network traffic as benign or malicious. An attacker wants to evade detection without triggering alerts. Which technique would be most effective for the attacker to use?

Using a VPN to hide the source IP address

Encrypting all traffic to prevent inspection

Crafting adversarial network packets that are misclassified as benign

Flooding the network with high-volume traffic to cause a denial of service

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Which of the following is a potential use of deepfake technology in an AI-driven attack?
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7application · medium
A security researcher is analyzing a new malware sample that uses a generative adversarial network (GAN) to create new variants that are not detected by antivirus signatures. What is the primary advantage of using a GAN for malware generation?
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Which of the following is an example of an evasion technique against an AI-based email spam filter?
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A security team deploys an AI-based intrusion detection system (IDS) that uses a deep learning model to classify network traffic as benign or malicious. An attacker wants to evade detection without triggering alerts. Which technique would be most effective for the attacker to use?
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10application · medium
A security analyst discovers a new malware strain that uses a reinforcement learning algorithm to decide which evasion technique to use based on the defenses it encounters. This allows the malware to dynamically choose between obfuscation, encryption, and process injection. Which characteristic of AI-driven threats does this malware exemplify?
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