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Countering cyber-threats is a constant game of cat and mouse and hackers always want to get the maximum reward from the minimum effort, tweaking known attack methods as soon as these are detected by the AI. CTOs therefore need to make sure that the AI system is routinely exercised and fed new data and that the algorithms are trained to understand the new data. AI is based on heuristics whereas machine learning requires a lot of data and algorithms that must be trained to learn the data and provide insights that will help to make decisions.

IRONSCALES, the pioneer of self-learning email security, announced that Themis, its AI-driven virtual security analyst, now has the ability to be fully autonomous in the classification and removal of email threats. Security analysts can now measurably increase the speed and accuracy of their email security by allowing Themis to make time-sensitive decisions on email threat mitigation without any human involvement.

The extension lets analysts process threat data directly from their web browser. Through a combination of automation and workflow tooling the browser extension reduces the time and effort for CTI analysts to process threat data found either on external websites or on the web-based front-ends of their internal security controls.

BitDam, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions that protect enterprise communications from unknown threats hidden in files and links, announced that its Advanced Threat Protection solution now supports Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Aiming to support organizations' ability to collaborate safely when working from home, BitDam has accelerated these solution releases and is offering businesses its trial for Zoom and Microsoft Teams protection for free for three months.

It's a topic I never tire of because not only do I believe that there is no "Silver bullet" technology, I believe it's the humans who really lead the way to greater security efficiency and effectiveness. Relevant - As security professionals, we need to change how we look at the threat landscape.

The Nigerian business email compromise threat actors referred to as SilverTerrier have intensified assaults on multiple industries and should be considered an established threat, Palo Alto Networks says. SilverTerrier attacks were linked to roughly 400 individual threat actors in 2018, but that number jumped to 480 in 2019.

The Kwampirs attack group continues to target global healthcare entities in this time of crisis, the FBI has warned. "The FBI assesses Kwampirs actors gained access to a large number of global hospitals through vendor software supply chain and hardware products. Infected software supply chain vendors included products used to manage industrial control system assets in hospitals."

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Guard Dog Solutions, of Salt Lake City, has formally launched the world's first AI-driven solution to preemptively and proactively combat and eliminate public and private Wi-Fi cyber security threats. The majority of "Virtual" working environments accessing VPN from homes are actually dangerous, the company notes, as end points on Wi-Fi systems make it alarmingly easy for hackers to access data through VPNs. As businesses move to support mobile workers, they need to ask their ISPs and MSSPs about Guard Dog Solutions and the Proactive Threat Elimination™ security it brings.