Systems and methods for preventing social engineering attacks using distributed fact checking

Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for preventing social engineering attacks using distributed fact checking may include (i) capturing one or more words or tones received by a party to a communication, (ii) extracting speech features associated with the words or tones to identify one or more alleged facts in the communication, (iii) generating one or more queries to verify the alleged facts in the communication, (iv) determining, utilizing distributed fact checking, whether the alleged facts are true based on the queries, and (v) performing a security action that generates an alert to protect against a potential social engineering attack on the receiving party when at least one of the alleged facts are determined to be false. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.