The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2019

A discussion of how – and why – adversaries are using artificial intelligence to juice up malicious activities. That brings us to today, where AV vendors and malware distributors are engaged in a 3D chess match — infused by artificial intelligence, or AI. LW: At this point in time, where are the hot spots?

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McAfee

AUGUST 26, 2020

CTB –Locker , partly due to their business model, created hundreds of thousands of infections through phishing, making it the most dangerous ransomware family of 2016. Enter MVISION Insights intelligently driving your endpoint security! Fruits of Human Interface and Artificial Intelligence.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is Phish(ing)? But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 17, 2021

Jack Chapman, vice president of threat intelligence at email and data security software maker Egress Software, told eSecurity Planet that if what the attackers say is true, the breach could be one of the most serious seen so far this year. T-Mobile a Repeat Target. million to $4.24

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Whether they come in the form of images, videos, audio, or text, the number of “deepfakes” — synthetic media altered or created with the help of machine learning or artificial intelligence — has expanded at an alarming rate. Weaponized deepfakes are not theoretical.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

Phishing/Vishing/Smishing/Pharming. The theory was that their advanced Artificial Intelligence was doing Bitcoin trading to make amazing profits. . $60,577,741. 70,935,939. -15%. Ransomware. 49,207,908. 29,157,405. Employment. 47,231,023. 62,314,015. -24%. 44,213,707. 54,241,075. -18%. Overpayment. 33,407,671. 51,039,922. -35%.

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Elie

APRIL 18, 2018

This post explains why artificial intelligence (AI) is the key to building anti-abuse defenses that keep up with user expectations and combat increasingly sophisticated attacks. to protect its billion-plus users from phishing, spam and malware. covers the challenges related to training, the. third post. fourth and final post.

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Elie

APRIL 18, 2018

This post explains why artificial intelligence (AI) is the key to building anti-abuse defenses that keep up with user expectations and combat increasingly sophisticated attacks. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave at RSA 2018. to protect its billion-plus users from phishing, spam and malware.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

With ML and artificial intelligence (AI) using thousands of strains to train algorithms, one would surmise that the ability to detect malware is only improving. Recent UEFI attacks include a 2015 attack on a Ukrainian power grid and a 2018 attack where threat actors used a UEFI rootkit to drop additional malware in an extended episode.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2022

According to the IBM Cost Per Breach Report for 2019, the average total data breach cost increased from $3.86M in 2018 to $4.24M in 2019. Ransomware attacks, phishing attacks, and business email compromises continue to impact organizations more frequently than a year ago. Many of these tools and skills can be found on the darknet.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The investigation began in December 2018 and the DPC’s draft decision two years later recommended a fine of €30-50 million. MORE Artificial intelligence came up with better emails for phishing tests than humans. Failing the transparency test, WhatsApp faces €225 million fine. MORE Genesis: like Amazon, but for hackers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 8, 2021

The exponential surge in the application security market over the forecast period is mainly driven by the increase in the cyber-attacks like phishing and ransomware which have caused severe data and financial losses over the past years. . Market Dynamics. However, there are some factors that will hinder the growth of the market.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave at RSA 2018. At a high level, attacks against classifiers can be broken down into three types: Adversarial inputs. second post. slides here.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave at RSA 2018. At a high level, attacks against classifiers can be broken down into three types: Adversarial inputs. second post. slides here.

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NopSec

APRIL 7, 2019

In fact, terms such as machine learning , artificial intelligence and deep learning get thrown around so much these days that you may be tempted to dismiss them as hype. Even though it need not be malicious in nature, spam could include phishing or malware spreading. ML systems need to be designed with security in mind!

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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NopSec

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The Great News It has been recently reported that NIST, the agency hosting the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), plans to replace its manual scoring of software vulnerabilities with a new automated process that leverages IBM Watson’s artificial intelligence system.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 27, 2020

percent in 2018, and roughly 7 percent higher than in 2014. New technologies that are used to fight cyberattacks such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are also used by the “bad guys” to wage cyberattacks against organizations today. percent in 2019. This was up from 27.9 million vs. $4.56

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Spinone

AUGUST 12, 2020

At the beginning of 2018, security expert Kevin Mitnick brought to light the very dangerous and concerning ransomware that was shown to be able to encrypt cloud SaaS email services found in the likes of Office 365. Attacks based on these types of cloud-based attacks make use of OAuth tokens harvested by very targeted phishing campaigns.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

SIM swapping involves phishing, tricking or bribing mobile phone company employees for credentials needed to redirect a target’s mobile phone number to a device the attackers control — allowing thieves to intercept incoming text messages and phone calls. .” banks, ISPs, and mobile phone providers.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Also known as “ Assad Faiq” and “ The Godfather ,” Iza is the 30-something founder of a cryptocurrency investment platform called Zort that advertised the ability to make smart trades based on artificial intelligence technology. In December 2018, a then 21-year-0ld Troy Woody Jr. and refers to T.W.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

— Jack Daniel (@jack_daniel) October 10, 2018. jaysonstreet) March 3, 2018. — Kevin Mitnick (@kevinmitnick) January 20, 2018. Her research includes artificial intelligence , blockchain technology, and how psychology applies to IT. If the answer appalls you and keeps you up at night, HIRE THEM!

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Webroot

JANUARY 20, 2021

In this Employee Spotlight, we talk to Account Development Executive, Jordan Gray, who works with C-level executives to integrate threat intelligence solutions within their environments. In 2018, I was looking for a career change away from insurance. What brought you to Webroot? Have you ever had any close calls with malicious actors?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains. Bottom line: Prepare now based on risk.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Approximately 30% of phishing web pages were related to Covid-19. In April 2020, Google reported 18 million instances per day of malware and phishing email sent via its Gmail service using Covid-related topics as a lure. Phishing emails were a prevalent mode of attack, and they have been in circulation since at least the mid-1990s.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

With what we experienced in 2016 and 2018, is there any doubt there will be a rise in disinformation–homegrown and imported–of all stripe in the upcoming elections? With the demand for cybersecurity professionals far exceeding supply, the market will start having openings for less qualified people.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

2018 was no exception. In 2018, as businesses raced to mix and match cloud-services delivered by the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, unforeseen gaps in classic network security systems began to turn up. The “Meltdown” and “Spectre” exploits paved the way for so-called “microcode hacks” in early 2018.

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