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Cato CTRL Threat Research: ProKYC Selling Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks 

ID: 372c4dc8-a2b8-503d-8ef9-4ea9bb37287d

STIX ID: report--372c4dc8-a2b8-503d-8ef9-4ea9bb37287d

Feed Name: Cato Networks

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-10-09

Date Updated: 2026-07-23

Author: Etay Maor

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Cato CTRL researchers discovered and demonstrated ProKYC, a commercially available deepfake tool used by cybercriminals to generate forged government IDs and synthetic facial-recognition videos to bypass KYC biometric checks on cryptocurrency exchanges, enabling New Account Fraud, money laundering, and mule account operations; the report outlines the tool's workflow, shows a demo against ByBit, and recommends detection and mitigation measures.

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