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AI voice fraud insights

Real cases, the threat landscape, and practical ways to tell a real voice from an AI clone.

Best Practices2026-08-115 min read

The Family Safe Word: A Simple Defense Against AI Voice Scams

You can't out-hear an AI clone - even the people in these cases didn't. But you can build one habit into your family that no clone can fake.

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Real Stories2026-08-186 min read

The Grandparent Scam Got an AI Upgrade - These Are the Real Calls

A grandmother in Ontario. A woman in Florida. A prosecution spanning hundreds of victims with an average age of 84. The oldest con in the book now comes with a cloned voice attached.

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Real Stories2026-08-256 min read

"It Was 100% Her Voice": Inside an AI Kidnapping Scam That Never Happened

In April 2023, Jennifer DeStefano says a man on the phone played her sobbing 15-year-old daughter's voice, then demanded a ransom. Her daughter was safe the entire time. DeStefano later told the story to the US Senate.

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Threat Landscape2026-05-1312 min read

10 Real Voice Deepfake Attacks (And Why AI Voice Agents Are the Next Target)

From a $35M bank heist to a cloned Italian defense minister to the FBI warning that senior US officials are being impersonated - ten documented voice deepfake incidents that show AI voice fraud is no longer theoretical, and voice agents are the most exposed surface in 2026.

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Threat Landscape2026-05-099 min read

From CAPTCHA to Vocos Bouncer: Three Decades of Bot Defense, and What Voice Agents Need Now

In 1997 the web invented CAPTCHA to keep bots out. In 2022 Cloudflare buried the puzzle with Turnstile. In 2026 the same battle is starting on the phone - and most voice agents have no bouncer at the door.

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Threat Landscape2026-04-106 min read

Voice Agents Are Under Attack: Why Audio Security Can't Wait

AI voice cloning has dropped the cost of voice fraud to near zero. If your voice agent can't tell the difference between a real caller and a deepfake, you have a problem.

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Technology2026-04-058 min read

Simple Call, Superpower Capabilities: How Audio Intelligence Works

Behind every API call is a forensic engine trained on millions of audio samples across a wide range of synthesis techniques, paired with reasoning that reads the spectrogram and explains what it found. Here's how it works.

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Best Practices2026-03-2810 min read

A Comprehensive Guide to Securing Your Voice Agent

From authentication to real-time monitoring, here's everything you need to know about building a voice agent that can't be fooled.

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Industry2026-03-207 min read

Your Voice Agent's Blind Spot

Your voice agent understands every word - but still can't tell whether the speaker is real. Here's the missing layer.

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