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Solution

Stop social engineering at your help desk

Catch attackers who target IT and support desk agents to reset credentials, unlock accounts, and bypass MFA, on the calls where access is one approved request away.

30 minutes · NDA-safe · Built for security and fraud teams at private equity firms and large enterprises
~$100M
in losses from an attack that started with a help desk call
Source · MGM, 2023
442%
rise in voice phishing attacks
Source · CrowdStrike
83%
of security teams say AI raised their threat level
Source · US Chamber
The risk

Where help desk attacks show up

Social engineering credential resets

Attackers call support desks impersonating employees, using scripted pressure to push agents into resetting passwords and bypassing MFA without proper verification.

Account takeover via IT support

A convincing caller with enough context about an employee can unlock accounts and change access before the agent realizes the request was fraudulent.

The attack playbook

How a help desk attack unfolds

These attacks move through a recognizable sequence. Diopter scores that sequence while the call is still in progress.

01
Authority

An employee is impersonated

The caller presents as a legitimate staff member or contractor the help desk is expected to assist.

02
Urgency

Something is locked and urgent

A locked account or a missed deadline frames the request as a simple fix the agent should handle immediately.

03
Isolation

Verification steps are resisted

The caller pushes back on additional identity checks, citing urgency or invoking authority to shortcut the process.

04
Escalation

Access escalates

A password reset becomes an MFA bypass, then a broader account unlock or privilege grant.

05
The ask

Credentials are handed over

The agent acts before confirming identity, giving the attacker a foothold inside your systems.

How Diopter helps

What Diopter looks for

01

Synthetic audio on inbound calls

Score the inbound caller for cloning and synthesis as the conversation happens.

02

Social engineering and pretext patterns

Detect the pressure, urgency, and authority framing that targets help desk agents under volume.

03

Out-of-policy verification resistance

Flag callers who push back on standard verification steps or invoke authority to skip them.

The verdict

From signals to one action your team can take.

What drove this verdict
  • AudioSynthetic detected
  • PretextDetected
  • VerificationResisted
Verdict
Flag for agent review

Agents receive a flag during the call before a reset is issued or access is unlocked.

Why Diopter

Most tools check one clip. Diopter reads the whole call.

Point-in-time detectors answer a single question: is this video or voice fake? A good clone passes that test. Diopter scores the whole conversation, the authority claims, the manufactured urgency, the push to go off-channel, and the escalating ask, then raises a verdict on the pattern a single frame cannot show.

Help desk agents are trained to resolve quickly. Attackers exploit that training. Diopter gives agents a verdict before they act.

Deployment & trust

Light to deploy, clear about what runs where.

Pilot in days, roll wider through MDM, and keep sensitive call media inside your perimeter.

Deployment & trust
  • On-prem and hybrid deployments supported
  • No caller-side install
  • Bot or bot-free capture
  • Configurable retention, including ZDR
  • MDM rollout (Intune, Jamf)
  • SOC 2 Type II in progress
Common questions

What security and fraud teams ask first.

Walkthrough · 30 min · NDA-safe

Walk an attack arc with Diopter.

In 30 minutes, we will replay a real deepfake incident, show the signals Diopter would score, and map the verdict your team could act on.