Inspired by MI5, Darktrace Antigena defensive cyber learns and corrects system weaknesses via AI - also the perfect tool for malware. One of the more alarming outcomes of the black hat arts is the evolution of cyber breaches that use cognitive computing techniques to “learn” about a potential victim’s network or personal interests and to make modifications that will leverage … [Read more...]
Is Artificial Intelligence in ISS Already Here — or Decades Away?
According to some futurists, Artificial Intelligence (AI), the ability of computers to think exactly like humans and replicate nearly every complex process of the mind, is fast approaching. The advent of AI, when and if it happens, has its fervent advocates and equally adamant detractors. Some, like Google Director of Engineering Ray Kurzwell argue that human-level AI will find … [Read more...]
Mobile Location: Are GSM IMSI Catchers and Companies Like PKI Still Relevant?
IMSI catchers may soon face a triple threat: programmable SIM cards, multi-IMSIs and -- thanks to Kimera Systems advances in AI -- a profusion of connected devices that are as smart as their users. Recently C5IS revisited PKI Electronic Intelligence, a German company we reviewed in 2015 as the "big box" store of mobile location and other surveillance products. At the time … [Read more...]
Modus Operandi’s Via: AI or Just Big Data Analytics Re-Branded?
Modus Operandi’s launch of its Via platform shows how far companies will go to differentiate their products in the hotly-contested Big Data Analytics niche, in this case by pretending the software is something it isn’t -- artificial intelligence (AI). Either that or certain journalists reporting on Via deserve a thrashing. Or maybe both. A story in the Feb. edition of … [Read more...]