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On the Application of Synthetic Media to Penetration Testing

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Soares, N; Seiden, S; Baggili, I; Webb, A
Published in: Wdc 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on the Security Implications of Deepfakes and Cheapfakes Held in Conjunction with ACM Asiaccs 2023
July 10, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently a hot topic. The explosion of AI technologies that create Synthetic Media (SM), such as Deep Fakes (DF), is worrisome, especially since they can easily spread false information over social networks. Our work explores a positive use case for SM (fake text, website and app design, audio, and videos) to aid in reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment, and exploitation during penetration testing. We contest that using SM during various penetration testing phases is useful for uncovering security weaknesses in an organization. Our work results in constructing a primary mind map of the various penetration testing phases and the potential uses of SM in each of them.

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Wdc 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on the Security Implications of Deepfakes and Cheapfakes Held in Conjunction with ACM Asiaccs 2023

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Soares, N., Seiden, S., Baggili, I., & Webb, A. (2023). On the Application of Synthetic Media to Penetration Testing. In Wdc 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on the Security Implications of Deepfakes and Cheapfakes Held in Conjunction with ACM Asiaccs 2023 (pp. 1–10). https://doi.org/10.1145/3595353.3595886
Soares, N., S. Seiden, I. Baggili, and A. Webb. “On the Application of Synthetic Media to Penetration Testing.” In Wdc 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on the Security Implications of Deepfakes and Cheapfakes Held in Conjunction with ACM Asiaccs 2023, 1–10, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3595353.3595886.
Soares N, Seiden S, Baggili I, Webb A. On the Application of Synthetic Media to Penetration Testing. In: Wdc 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on the Security Implications of Deepfakes and Cheapfakes Held in Conjunction with ACM Asiaccs 2023. 2023. p. 1–10.
Soares, N., et al. “On the Application of Synthetic Media to Penetration Testing.” Wdc 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on the Security Implications of Deepfakes and Cheapfakes Held in Conjunction with ACM Asiaccs 2023, 2023, pp. 1–10. Scopus, doi:10.1145/3595353.3595886.
Soares N, Seiden S, Baggili I, Webb A. On the Application of Synthetic Media to Penetration Testing. Wdc 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on the Security Implications of Deepfakes and Cheapfakes Held in Conjunction with ACM Asiaccs 2023. 2023. p. 1–10.

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Wdc 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on the Security Implications of Deepfakes and Cheapfakes Held in Conjunction with ACM Asiaccs 2023

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July 10, 2023

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