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Thinking straight in the SoC: How AI erases cognitive bias
2023-05-31 08:59

"Human psychology is important to consider from a security team perspective, because we all have cognitive biases," explains Darley. How can AI help us to overcome these cognitive biases? Machine learning can analyse network traffic and identify anomalies or suspicious behaviour that could indicate a cyber attack.

Generative AI: The new attack vector for trust and safety
2023-05-30 03:30

Threat actors are abusing generative AI to carry out child sex abuse material, disinformation, fraud and extremism, according to ActiveFence. Key ways to abuse generative AI:. CSAM. Researchers tracked a 172% increase in the volume of shared CSAM produced by generative AI in the first quarter of this year.

Dell called on NVIDIA hardware for Project Helix generative AI
2023-05-26 20:06

Throughout the first day of the conference, CEO Michael Dell and fellow executives drilled down into what AI could do for enterprises beyond ChatGPT. "Enterprises are going to be able to train far simpler AI models on specific, confidential data less expensively and securely, driving breakthroughs in productivity and efficiency," Michael Dell said. Dell's solution, Project Helix, is a full stack, on-premises offering in which companies train and guide their own proprietary AI. For example, a company might deploy a large language model to read all of the knowledge articles on its website and answer a user's questions based on a summary of those articles, said Forrester analyst Rowan Curran.

GitLab announces AI-DevSecOps platform GitLab 16
2023-05-26 13:38

GitLab announced on Monday the new GitLab 16 platform, an upgraded and comprehensive AI-driven DevSecOps solution. GitLab 16 includes more than 55 improvements and new features.

Cloudflare releases new AI security tools with Cloudflare One
2023-05-24 20:25

Cloudflare announced on May 15, 2023 a new suite of zero-trust security tools for companies to leverage the benefits of AI technologies while mitigating risks.The Cloudflare One platform's new tools and features are Cloudflare Gateway, service tokens, Cloudflare Tunnel, Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention and Cloudflare's cloud access security broker.

How to avoid shadow AI in your SOC
2023-05-24 04:30

Shadow AI. Employees are using the new family of generative AI tools like ChatGPT whether they're allowed to or not. To turn AI into a cybersecurity ally, organizations need to update - or perhaps create - action plans to handle the adoption of new, cutting-edge AI tools.

Windows Copilot: Your new AI assistant for Windows 11
2023-05-23 23:43

When activated, the Windows Copilot sidebar remains consistent across applications, programs, and windows, ready to serve as your personal assistant. Integrating Bing and ChatGPT plugins in Windows Copilot opens avenues for enhanced AI capabilities and experiences.

EY survey: Tech leaders to invest in AI, 5G, cybersecurity, big data, metaverse
2023-05-23 20:46

Economic perils notwithstanding, 94% of tech leaders are committed to investing in new tools and technologies, including AI, according to a survey by EY. The new poll suggests tech leaders view this investment strategy, particularly for cybersecurity, as a way to weather geopolitical uncertainty and the economic downturn. Ken Englund, the technology, media and telecommunications leader for EY Americas, said in the press release about this EY survey that the results suggest resiliency in the face of buffeting uncertainties.

Microsoft Dataverse: Going from Excel to new AI-powered tools
2023-05-23 17:03

It does exactly what the name suggests: Users can drag and drop unstructured data from Excel - or give Copilot a link to the file - and the Power Platform will analyze it, enrich it with the extra information Dataverse needs, and turn it into an app, Nirav Shah, the vice president of Dataverse at Microsoft explained to TechRepublic. Data in Excel might be easy for users to work with individually, but bringing it to Dataverse connects it to a range of new AI tools.

Simple OSINT techniques to spot AI-fueled disinformation, fake reviews
2023-05-23 09:08

Error messages that ChatGPT and other AI language models generate can be used to uncover disinformation campaigns, hate speech and fake reviews via OSINT collection and analysis, says Nico Dekens, director of intelligence at ShadowDragon. Uncovering AI-generated content through OSINT. Dekens has recently tried to pinpoint specific indicators that reveal online content - news, social media posts, reviews - created with the help of AI models.

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