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Threats delivered over encrypted channels continue to rise

Network World

Attackers are using encrypted channels to bypass traditional defenses, concealing malware, phishing campaigns, cryptomining/cryptojacking, and data theft within encrypted traffic. Steady growth in encrypted attacks: The Zscaler cloud blocked an unprecedented volume of attacks embedded in TLS/SSL traffic during the analysis period.

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Global cybersecurity talent gap widens

Network World

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Fortinet extends AI support to network threat detection, cloud workflow

Network World

The idea is to use AI’s information gathering and sorting capabilities to help customers do more effective searching and analysis of threats, the vendor stated. An upgrade to the AI-powered Inline Malware Prevention Service includes new features such as real-time anti-phishing and an accelerated AI pre-filter, according to Fortinet.

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IBM X-Force: Stealthy attacks on the rise, toolkits targeting AI emerge

Network World

Obfuscation is becoming an important tactic for threat actors, and PDF malware disguises malicious URLs by encrypting them, hiding them in compressed streams or using hexadecimal representations which can also hinder automated analysis of email security solutions, IBM wrote.Of Ransomware attacks continue their scourge.

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Fortinet embeds AI capabilities across Security Fabric platform

Network World

And with this announcement, the company has embedded it deeply into the Security Fabric to expand AI-driven threat detection and analysis, the company stated. The package employs AI and machine learning techniques to large-scale data analysis with the goal of helping detect and neutralize emerging malware threats.

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Mitigating Advanced Threats with Scalable and Automated Malware Analysis: An interview of Chad Loeven and Mike Hylton

CTOvision

Scalable automated malware analysis has become a critical component of enterprise defense. When properly implemented it can be key to mitigating malware threats that otherwise bypass perimeter defenses. It is based on an […].

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Mimecast tracks growing Malware-as-a-Service trend in analysis of 202 billion emails

Tech Republic Security

Software security company identified 92 billion malicious mails in Q4 and a spike in Emotet and ransomware.

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