The latest Cybercrime Atlas research – titled Unmasking Cybercrime: Strengthening Digital Identity Verification against Deepfakes has focused on the growing use of deepfake-generating technologies, particularly face-swapping tools by bad actors. The study analysed 17 face-swapping tools and eight camera injection tools to assess whether they could enable KYC bypass and to characterise the current deepfake landscape. The research team included Natalia Umansky and Seán Doyle, respectively project specialist and lead of the Cybercrime Atlas, alongside research leads from Banco Santander and Group-IB. While specific tool identities, vendors and step-by-step exploitation techniques were redacted to prevent misuse, the report states that most of the tools examined were intended for creative or entertainment purposes. None explicitly advertised anti-KYC functionality in publicly available documentation or websites. Despite this, the researchers concluded that some tools possess capabilities that can defeat traditional digital KYC protections.