Momentum Mechanics

Trust is becoming enterprise security's most volatile asset. Deepfake fraud attacks now use AI-generated voice and video to impersonate executives, manipulate financial approvals, and bypass traditional verification. This analysis examines real cases, detection challenges, and the verification frameworks that help to prevent synthetic media fraud.

Security leaders have long believed that zero-day exploits take months of analysis by elite attackers. This perception created confidence that skilled teams, layered defenses, and timely patches could keep organizations safe. That belief no longer holds.

Somewhere deep in the archives of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) lies a goldmine of absurdity: ideas so unnecessary, so painfully obvious, or so clearly born from sleep deprivation that they probably shouldn't have made it past the filing fee.