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SecureMySocial Issued 5th US Patent For Social Media Security Technology

Joseph Steinberg

Patent number US 11,438,334 entitled Systems and Methods for Securing Social Media for Users and Businesses and Rewarding for Enhancing Security , discloses a robust invention that addresses the risks that posts to social media may pose to businesses and individuals alike. US 9,813,419 – Granted in November of 2017.

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On Robots Killing People

Schneier on Security

A malfunctioning robot he went to inspect killed him when he obstructed its path, according to Gabriel Hallevy in his 2013 book, When Robots Kill: Artificial Intelligence Under Criminal Law. Robots—”intelligent” and not—have been killing people for decades. You get the picture.

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Video: GCS 2017 panel: The future of AI and cybersecurity for business

Tech Republic Security

Are artificial intelligence and machine learning just fancy risk vectors or will they drastically reduce risk across all categories? How are we programming machines to program the next line of defense? Is the singularity near?

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How AI is Advancing Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a critical tool cybersecurity companies leverage to stay ahead of the curve. Machine learning is a component of artificial intelligence that helps cybersecurity tools operate more efficiently. By extension, SOAR platforms also minimize the risk of human error.

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White House Announces AI Cybersecurity Challenge

Schneier on Security

In other words: the government wants software that is capable of identifying and mitigating risks by itself. China has been doing this every year since 2017.) This is a great idea. I was a big fan of DARPA’s AI capture-the-flag event in 2016 , and am happy to see that DARPA is again inciting research in this area.

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Facebook sued for siphoning facial recognition data without consent

Malwarebytes

Six years ago, Yann LeCun, currently Chief AI Scientist at Meta, gave Facebook users an idea of how his team approached its work in artificial intelligence research and facial recognition. All the while, the company profited from the data and trained its AI while putting its users at risk.

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GUEST ESSAY: Top cybersecurity developments that can be expected to fully play out in 2019

The Last Watchdog

From a certain perspective, 2018 hasn’t been as dramatic a cybersecurity year as 2017, in that we haven’t seen as many global pandemics like WannaCry. In 2017, roughly 63% of organizations experienced an attempted ransomware attack, with 22% reporting these incidents occurred on a weekly basis. AI + ML = forensics and investigations.