Stopping Domain Impersonation with AI
Description
In this episode of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast, host Sherrod DeGrippo is joined by Kelly Bissell, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, to explore how domain impersonation and typosquatting are changing in the age of AI.
They discuss how attackers are increasingly using AI and bots to scale online deception, why this tactic is so effective, and how Microsoft is countering cutting-edge defenses like Siamese neural networks to detect fraudulent domains in real time. Kelly shares insights on the massive scale of these threats, the shift toward defender advantage, and the broader implications for securing organizations worldwide.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How attackers use AI and bots to scale domain impersonation and typosquatting
Why defenders may finally have the higher ground in the fight against online fraud
How Microsoft’s Siamese neural network model detects fraudulent domains in real time
Some questions we ask:
What excites you most about this new detection approach?
How do fake domains fit into a larger social engineering chain?
What indicators should defenders watch for in typosquatting domains?
Resources:
View Kelly Bissell on LinkedIn
View Sherrod DeGrippo on LinkedIn
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