Security News > 2017 > August > Weaponizing machine learning to improve cyber defenses (Help Net Security)
2017-08-01 19:28
As defensive technologies based on machine learning become increasingly numerous, so will offensive ones – whether wielded by attackers or pentesters. The idea is the same: train the system/tool with quality base data, and make it able to both extrapolate from it and improvise and try out new techniques. Finding and exploiting vulnerabilities At this year’s edition of DEF CON, researchers from Bishop Fox have demonstrated DeepHack, their own proof-of-concept, open-source hacking AI. “This bot … More →
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