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Deepfake & wire-fraud defense

Deepfake & wire-fraud defense for Naples businesses.Out-of-band, signed verification for the approvals a cloned voice or video would try to fake.

RankShield stops deepfake wire fraud by verifying the decision, not the voice. High-consequence approvals — a closing wire, a vendor payment, a credential reset — route through RankShield's own signed callback channel, which a cloned voice or video can't forge. Deny is the default, and every decision is sealed to a tamper-evident log you can verify yourself.

The threat

How does deepfake wire fraud work?

An attacker clones an executive's voice or face from public audio and video, then places an urgent, confidential call or video meeting to pressure a finance employee into wiring money. It works because the request sounds and looks like someone you trust. In 2024 a finance worker at one multinational was widely reported to have paid roughly $25 million after a deepfaked video call — and in Naples, where title, real-estate, and wealth firms move large sums remotely, the pattern fits the local economy uncomfortably well.

THE CLONED CFO

A finance staffer gets a video call from the “CFO” authorizing an urgent, confidential transfer. The face and voice are synthetic.

The transfer requires out-of-band verification through a signed channel a deepfake can't forge. The request is denied and sealed as proof.

CHANGED WIRE DETAILS

A vendor or title email arrives with updated banking details, right before a closing, matching prior formatting and signatures.

Any change to payment details triggers signed callback verification on a known number before funds can move.

AFTER THE FACT

Once money is gone, the only record of who approved it is a log an attacker could quietly edit.

Every approval and denial is sealed to an RFC 6962 transparency log, so the record of what was authorized is provable, not editable.

How it works

How RankShield proves the decision.

The defense is verification, not detection. No app can reliably flag a cloned voice on a live call, so RankShield shifts the burden to a channel the attacker doesn't control: an out-of-band, post-quantum-signed confirmation, deny-by-default, with a tamper-evident receipt of every high-consequence decision.

Out-of-bandHigh-value approvals confirmed through RankShield's own signed callback channel, not the incoming call.
Deny-by-defaultThe safe state is “no” — an approval that can't be verified simply doesn't execute.
RFC 6962Every approval and denial sealed to a tamper-evident transparency log.
Dual authorizationNo single person can release a large transfer under pressure.
Questions

Deepfake defense — common questions

Can you detect a deepfake voice on a live call?
No reliable consumer tool can flag a cloned voice on a live cellular or FaceTime call, and we won't claim otherwise. Our defense is out-of-band verification: high-consequence approvals are confirmed through a separate, signed channel a clone can't forge, with deny-by-default and a tamper-evident record. That stops the fraud regardless of how convincing the voice sounds.
How fast can a Naples firm put this in place?
Quickly. Signed callback verification and dual-authorization policy for wires and payment-detail changes can be scoped and stood up in a short engagement, sized to your business. We're based in Naples and work across Collier and Lee County.

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Protect the moments that move money.

Tell us how your Naples business approves wires and payments today, and we'll design verification a deepfake can't beat — with proof you can hand to an auditor or insurer.