Malware And Machine Learning: A Match Made In Hell
HelpNet Security, April 3rd, 2023
We've been developing machine learning-based cybersecurity systems for many years and began developing automation for analysis in our labs in 2005.
These early automation projects have since evolved into full-blown machine-learning frameworks. Since then, we've been waiting for our enemies to make the same move, and after 18 years, the wait is over - malware with artificial intelligence has arrived.
Defenders have been able to automate their work for some time, enabling excellent detection, analysis and reaction times - hands-free at machine speed. This contrasts with attackers who have had to build and deploy their attacks manually, meaning that when they get blocked, they have to change things manually - at much slower human speed.