Rachel Tobac

Episode 22: Social Engineering, Gas Mark 4, and AGAs with Rachel Tobac!

@tib3rius.bsky.social & @swiftsecur.bsky.social are joined by @racheltobac.bsky.social to talk social engineering war stories...and more!

Links below!

People Who Say They’re Experiencing AI Psychosis Beg the FTC for Help The Federal Trade Commission received 200 complaints mentioning ChatGPT between November 2022 and August 2025. Several attributed delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises to the chatbot.

“The consumer’s son has been interacting with an AI chatbot called ChatGPT, which is advising him not to take his prescribed medication and telling him that his parents are dangerous,” reads the FTC’s summary of one of the calls.

Hey @racheltobac.bsky.social you're probably going to need to hire a lot more people for all the new clients you're about to get.

Oh goodness gracious

Thanks for watching!

YouTube video by Scammer Payback Social Engineer: YOU are Easier to Hack than your Computer

An totally entertaining, and informative interview with @racheltobac.bsky.social and Scammer Payback about hacking and handling your online privacy in the new epoch of AI. youtu.be/xEdZwLRJttQ?...

Thank you Andy!

How the latest deepfake scam can cheat companies out of millions | CNN Business From CEOs to colleagues, deepfake technology can trick people into sending money, sharing passwords, or revealing sensitive information - all in seconds. CNN’s Clare Duffy met with ethical hacker and ...

Great work from @racheltobac.bsky.social, with @cnn.com: How the latest deepfake scam can cheat companies out of millions. Good one to share with your company, and with friends & loved ones. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/b... cc @craignewmark.bsky.social @pausetake9.bsky.social @gate15.bsky.social

In 2025, I've had a steep increase in reports from clients about AI voice clone phone calls asking for money, passwords or codes.
I give it about 12 months before criminals increase use of live video call deepfakes in their scams.
Get your folks & team prepared to catch it now.

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- Fraudsters Cloned Company Director's Voice In $35 M Heist: forbes.com/sites/thomas...
- Wiz CEO says company was targeted with deepfake attack that used his voice: techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/w...

British engineering giant Arup revealed as $25 million deepfake scam victim | CNN Business A British multinational design and engineering company behind world-famous buildings such as the Sydney Opera House has confirmed that it was the target of a deepfake scam that led to one of its Hong ...

These live video call or audio call deepfakes are increasing in the business world. Most often, an exec is deepfaked to the team that supports them asking for money, passwords, MFA codes, etc:
- $25M sent to scammers in Arup video call deepfake attack cnn.com/2024/05/16/t...

How the latest deepfake scam can cheat companies out of millions | CNN Business From CEOs to colleagues, deepfake technology can trick people into sending money, sharing passwords, or revealing sensitive information - all in seconds. CNN’s Clare Duffy met with ethical hacker and ...

*My Latest CNN Zoom Call Deepfake Demo*
An eng org sent $25M to scammers who deepfaked the CFO in a live video call.
Are your colleagues, fam & friends ready to catch this AI attack?
I demo'd a live Zoom deepfake to CNN's Clare Duffy to help you spot the signs:
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/b...

OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse)

Two of our tech reporters tested out Sora, a smartphone app made by OpenAI that lets people create videos entirely from A.I. “It is, in effect, a social network in disguise; a clone of TikTok down to its user interface, algorithmic video suggestions and ability to follow and interact with friends.”

Thanks for reading!

"It makes it really easy to create a believable deepfake in a way that we haven’t quite seen yet."
-- @racheltobac.bsky.social, CEO of SocialProof Security, a cybersecurity start-up in San Francisco

My worddd

@racheltobac.bsky.social new threat model for businesses? 😬😵‍💫

Thank you for the kind words!!

YouTube video by Scammer Payback Social Engineer: YOU are Easier to Hack than your Computer

This should be mandatory watch by everybody who has a phone and or email. @racheltobac.bsky.social shows how vulnerable we all are to getting hacked through social engineering and with gAI tools it's only gotten easier.

Thank you!!

I only watched this today, but I enjoyed it immensely. So many security lessons in a very entertaining package. 😊

🪞Does ChatGPT think you're perfect? You're not alone.

🎧 On this week's episode of The AmberMac Show podcast, @racheltobac.bsky.social and I chat about the sycophantic nature of this popular tool.

Listen to the full episode here:
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YouTube video by Amber Mac AI Safety & Security with Ethical Hacker Rachel Tobac [The AmberMac Show Ep029]

💻 When I need to learn more about AI safety & security, I ask @racheltobac.bsky.social.

You may have seen her on 60 Minutes.

I met Rachel when I interviewed former FBI Director James Comey at an event (we all had dinner the eve before, that's a whole other story!).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cule...

🥺 Are chatbots dangerous for our kids?

🎙️ We are dedicating this week's new episode of The AmberMac Show podcast, out today, to this topic 👇
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@racheltobac.bsky.social on some of these risks

@jeffmacarthur.bsky.social on the dangers of chatbots becoming a "mentor" in the home

Thank you!!

YouTube video by Scammer Payback Social Engineer: YOU are Easier to Hack than your Computer

Great interview with @racheltobac.bsky.social shining a light in a lot of important topics, like what are likely attack vectors, impact of #AI on #security, #ethics, affecting social interactions and #privacy .

"Be politely paranoid." 👏

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEdZ...

Thank you!!

YouTube video by Scammer Payback Social Engineer: YOU are Easier to Hack than your Computer

If you want to learn more on how easy these things are these days especially given AI tooling, I recommend following @racheltobac.bsky.social and her fabulous work on social engineering. Learned a bunch from her and her demonstrations. Latest video I loved: youtu.be/xEdZwLRJttQ

Thank you!

Oh neat!