{"id":22684,"date":"2026-09-28T13:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/?post_type=event&#038;p=22684"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:13:34","slug":"ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>with IT Professor Johanna Ullrich at the Digital City Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The perfectly faked reality. From highly convincing voice clones used in family-member scams to manipulated digital systems, artificial intelligence is making it easier than ever for criminals to target our most critical communication channels. But how do these methods actually work from a technical perspective, how can we protect ourselves, and where does current IT security research come in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a relaxed setting, we will explore current developments, opportunities, and challenges related to cybersecurity, digital deception, and resilience in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key questions include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How does targeted social engineering work \u2013 and what is AI already capable of today?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How should we respond in everyday situations when the line between reality and manipulation becomes increasingly blurred?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does current IT research reveal about the security of our communication systems?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Your First Actions:<\/strong> Which concrete steps and security measures can and should everyone implement immediately?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evening will critically examine technological developments in their broader social and digital context. Following a 30-minute research talk by Prof. Johanna Ullrich, participants will take part in a short exchange with the people seated next to them about personal experiences, helping to sharpen the most pressing questions for the subsequent <em>Ask the Researcher<\/em> session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterwards, there will be time for informal conversations and personal exchange. Visitors will also have the opportunity to try out a range of digital technologies, including a VR headset, a robot dog, and an augmented reality sandbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with IT Professor Johanna Ullrich at the Digital City Studio The perfectly faked reality. From highly convincing voice clones used in family-member scams to manipulated digital systems, artificial intelligence is making it easier than ever for criminals to target our most critical communication channels. But how do these methods actually work from a technical perspective, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22685,"template":"","tags":[64],"class_list":["post-22684","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-event_en_dcs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud | IT:U<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud \u2014 event at IT:U Linz: details, date and venue.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud | IT:U\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud \u2014 event at IT:U Linz: details, date and venue.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IT:U\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itu.austria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-28T11:13:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/md04236-1536x1024-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/events\\\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/events\\\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\\\/\",\"name\":\"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud | IT:U\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/events\\\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/events\\\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/md04236-1536x1024-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-28T11:13:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-28T11:13:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud \u2014 event at IT:U Linz: details, date and venue.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/events\\\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/events\\\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/events\\\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/md04236-1536x1024-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/md04236-1536x1024-1.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1024,\"caption\":\"Ai Agentic AI Workshop, Philipp Wintersberger\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/events\\\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"it:u\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Organization\",\"CollegeOrUniversity\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria\",\"alternateName\":\"IT:U\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/06\\\/itu-org-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/06\\\/itu-org-logo.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/it-u.at\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/itu.austria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/itu.austria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/itu-austria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@itu.austria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ituaustria.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikidata.org\\\/wiki\\\/Q115669377\",\"https:\\\/\\\/de.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Interdisciplinary_Transformation_University_Austria\"],\"legalName\":\"Institute of Digital Sciences Austria\",\"description\":\"Austria\u2019s emerging public university dedicated to understanding, driving, and evaluating digital transformation for the benefit of our societies, our economy, and our environment.\",\"foundingDate\":\"2022-07\",\"email\":\"office@it-u.at\",\"telephone\":\"+43 676 851 307 230\",\"vatID\":\"ATU79114879\",\"address\":{\"@type\":\"PostalAddress\",\"streetAddress\":\"Freist\u00e4dter Stra\u00dfe 400\",\"addressLocality\":\"Linz\",\"postalCode\":\"4040\",\"addressRegion\":\"Upper Austria\",\"addressCountry\":\"AT\"},\"location\":[{\"@type\":\"Place\",\"name\":\"IT:U Research Campus\",\"address\":{\"@type\":\"PostalAddress\",\"streetAddress\":\"Freist\u00e4dter Stra\u00dfe 400\",\"addressLocality\":\"Linz\",\"postalCode\":\"4040\",\"addressCountry\":\"AT\"}},{\"@type\":\"Place\",\"name\":\"IT:U Education Campus\",\"address\":{\"@type\":\"PostalAddress\",\"streetAddress\":\"Altenberger Stra\u00dfe 66c, Science Park 4\",\"addressLocality\":\"Linz\",\"postalCode\":\"4040\",\"addressCountry\":\"AT\"}}],\"identifier\":[{\"@type\":\"PropertyValue\",\"propertyID\":\"ROR\",\"value\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ror.org\\\/03jzk4720\"},{\"@type\":\"PropertyValue\",\"propertyID\":\"Wikidata\",\"value\":\"Q115669377\"}],\"memberOf\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Complexity Science Hub\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/csh.ac.at\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud | IT:U","description":"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud \u2014 event at IT:U Linz: details, date and venue.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud | IT:U","og_description":"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud \u2014 event at IT:U Linz: details, date and venue.","og_url":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/","og_site_name":"IT:U","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itu.austria\/","article_modified_time":"2026-09-28T11:13:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1536,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/md04236-1536x1024-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/","url":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/","name":"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud | IT:U","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/md04236-1536x1024-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-28T11:13:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-28T11:13:34+00:00","description":"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud \u2014 event at IT:U Linz: details, date and venue.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/md04236-1536x1024-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/md04236-1536x1024-1.jpg","width":1536,"height":1024,"caption":"Ai Agentic AI Workshop, Philipp Wintersberger"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/ai-evening-cybersecurity-in-everyday-life-protecting-yourself-from-ai-scams-deepfakes-fraud\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"home","item":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AI Evening: Cybersecurity in Everyday Life \u2013 Protecting Yourself from AI Scams, Deepfakes &amp; Fraud"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/","name":"it:u","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Organization","CollegeOrUniversity"],"@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/#organization","name":"IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria","alternateName":"IT:U","url":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06\/itu-org-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06\/itu-org-logo.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itu.austria\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itu.austria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/itu-austria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@itu.austria","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ituaustria.bsky.social","https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q115669377","https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interdisciplinary_Transformation_University_Austria"],"legalName":"Institute of Digital Sciences Austria","description":"Austria\u2019s emerging public university dedicated to understanding, driving, and evaluating digital transformation for the benefit of our societies, our economy, and our environment.","foundingDate":"2022-07","email":"office@it-u.at","telephone":"+43 676 851 307 230","vatID":"ATU79114879","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"Freist\u00e4dter Stra\u00dfe 400","addressLocality":"Linz","postalCode":"4040","addressRegion":"Upper Austria","addressCountry":"AT"},"location":[{"@type":"Place","name":"IT:U Research Campus","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"Freist\u00e4dter Stra\u00dfe 400","addressLocality":"Linz","postalCode":"4040","addressCountry":"AT"}},{"@type":"Place","name":"IT:U Education Campus","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"Altenberger Stra\u00dfe 66c, Science Park 4","addressLocality":"Linz","postalCode":"4040","addressCountry":"AT"}}],"identifier":[{"@type":"PropertyValue","propertyID":"ROR","value":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03jzk4720"},{"@type":"PropertyValue","propertyID":"Wikidata","value":"Q115669377"}],"memberOf":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Complexity Science Hub","url":"https:\/\/csh.ac.at\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/22684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}