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ChatGPT: A Brave New World for Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Unlike most other AI research projects, ChatGPT has captivated the interest of ordinary people who do not have PhDs in data science. Phishing accounts for nearly 90% of malware attacks, according to HP Wolf Security research. But spear phishing requires a lot of manual work and therefore operates at low scale.

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Best Incident Response Tools and Services for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Despite all the cybersecurity defenses in enterprises, the human element matters the most, as phishing attacks remain the top avenue of incursion, accounting for more than 85% of all breaches, according to the annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Managed phishing service. FireEye Mandiant. Secureworks. BAE Systems.

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Cyber Insurers Pull Back Amid Increase in Cyber Attacks, Costs

eSecurity Planet

A report this month from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the number of companies seeking cyber insurance coverage has steadily risen since 2016 and that insurers are increasing the prices of their policies and lowering their coverage limits as the number of cyberattacks rise. COVID-19 Accelerates Attacks.

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10 everyday machine learning use cases

IBM Big Data Hub

Marketers use ML for lead generation, data analytics, online searches and search engine optimization (SEO). ML algorithms and data science are how recommendation engines at sites like Amazon, Netflix and StitchFix make recommendations based on a user’s taste, browsing and shopping cart history.

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How Are Computers Compromised (2020 Edition)

Adam Shostack

” How the intrusion happens is about questions like: Is it phishing emails that steal creds? The US Government has some interesting advantages: a large collection of attractive targets, a mandate that all CFO agencies have a security process, published investments in security, a large and skilled incident response force. .’

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

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.