Deepfake KYC bypass / injection
Deepfaked selfies injected into IDV pipelines bypass liveness checks
categoryAI/ML and emerging attacksseverityHighlabnot yet measured
Example: injection attacks +40% YoY
Classification
21 values: 8 imported, 3 derived, 10 machine-classified. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | AI model manipulationSoftware vulnerabilities |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Medium |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Emerging |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | FinancialIntegrity |
| Platform | AI System |
| Environment | AI system |
| Target asset class | ML model / agent |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | AI Attack StagingDefense Evasion (legacy) (deprecated)ImpactInitial Access |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 7
- AML.M0003 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0006 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0009 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0010 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0015 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0034 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0035 atlas-mitigation
Framework references
- Primary source: https://www.entrust.com/resources/reports/identity-fraud-report
- atlas: AML.T0088 (primary)
- atlas: AML.T0015
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'AI/ML and emerging attacks' table, line 656 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (Seeded-record enrichment run 2026-09-30 (crosswalk + facet classification)) — Crosswalk to atlas:AML.T0088, atlas:AML.T0015 as the nearest framework entries; ids verified to exist in the cached catalogues.