[NOTE: Dr. Vigna shared similar thoughts as part of our Lastline Speaks video series.] The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way in which we relate to other people, carry out our work, and interact with various components of our business and security processes. There are a...
Nowadays, machine learning is routinely used in the detection of network attacks and the identification of malicious programs. In most ML-based approaches, each analysis sample (such as an executable program, an office document, or a network request) is analyzed and a number of features are...
The security community has found an important application for machine learning (ML) in its ongoing fight against cybercriminals. Per Recorded Future, many of us are turning to ML-powered security solutions like Lastline that analyze network traffic for anomalous and suspicious activity. In turn, these ML...
It won’t come as a surprise when I say that digital security has changed over the past few years. Remember when digital security used to be all about signature-based detection? It doesn’t seem like too long ago when that’s all we needed to keep ourselves...
The expansion of Moscone Center is complete, and despite the rain, the overall enthusiasm at last week’s RSA Conference was high. With an estimated 50,000 attendees visiting the displays of 700 vendors, the expo was alive with conversations and demonstrations of the latest cybersecurity technologies....
Let me start by saying that I'm a scientist. Therefore, making predictions about what will happen in 2019 is difficult to present in a scientific manner. Predictions, of course, come with a substantial level of uncertainty. Let me also say that these predictions reflect what I...
On December 10, 2018, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released its report on the massive Equifax data breach that was disclosed in September 2017. According to the report: Equifax failed to fully appreciate and mitigate its cybersecurity risks. Had the company taken action...
How participating in hacking competitions can improve the security culture of a company and the talent of the security team Security Talent is Hard to Find and Even Harder to Keep One of the most-heard complaints from security experts is that often they find their work repetitive...
Digital criminals are innovating all the time, making them an even more formidable enemy. They’ve begun embracing automated intelligence to learn how a target system’s defenses work and to blend in with normal network activity. They borrow code from successful threats like Mirai to develop...
Everywhere I look, someone’s talking about machine learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI). These two technologies are shaping important conversations in multiple sectors, especially marketing and sales, and are at risk of becoming overused and misunderstood buzzwords. The technologies are also drawing the attention of...
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