The risk of personal information being leaked from photo manipulation trends.

Recently, there has been a trend on social networks of superimposing one's face onto pre-made videos from applications like Faceplay, Reface, etc., which poses a risk of personal information leakage.

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Personal information can easily be leaked through photo manipulation trends.

Unique, novel, and highly entertaining applications have stimulated the curiosity of social media users. However, with the risks of information leaks, account loss, and account hijacking, users need to carefully consider the necessity and exercise extreme caution when downloading and installing applications on their devices.

Recently, there's been a trend on social media of superimposing one's face onto pre-made videos from apps like Faceplay and Reface to transform into models, beauty queens, or beautiful girls in traditional Chinese costumes.

When searching online, users can find dozens of apps and installation guides for their phones. However, not all users are aware that this increases the risk of exposing personal information and images.

By superimposing faces onto pre-recorded videos from apps, users inadvertently provide their facial data to foreign applications, making it vulnerable to exploitation later. This is a type of technology called Deepfake.

Once they obtain this data, perpetrators can easily use the face for malicious purposes on the Internet, such as superimposing it into videos with obscene content or faking the face to carry out fraudulent activities.

Furthermore, in recent days, when accessing social networks like Facebook and TikTok, we easily encounter a series of cartoon-style images created from real photos taken by users. To achieve this, users must use an application with artificial intelligence technology.

With this application, users will have to grant the application certain permissions, such as access to photo albums or location. This means that users' personal data could be exposed when uploading photos to the provider's servers, or used for other purposes without the user's knowledge.

Cybersecurity experts at Bach Minh - Vega Corporation warn that in this case, there is a risk of information leakage when malicious actors access and collect it.

They can create scenarios and manipulate collected images to use technologies like Deepfake to generate fake photos or videos, which they then use to deceive victims who provide the images…

Since the beginning of 2023, the police force has continuously warned about the scam using Deepfake technology. Scammers use digitally altered personal images to impersonate relatives, acquaintances, or government officials, making video calls to deceive victims. Hundreds of victims have been scammed using this method.

Furthermore, when popular apps are downloaded by many people, copycat, similar, or fake apps may appear. Apps of unknown origin may contain malware that, once installed on a device, can take full control and perform actions such as stealing money from the user's account.

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