DARPA plan would reinvent not-so-clever machine learning systems

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Mar 17, 2017
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DARPA plan would reinvent not-so-clever machine learning systems
Pwnie Express eases security remediation with a risk-assessment tool
Expert: Apple may have deployed unauthorized patch by mistake
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Smackdown: Office 365 vs. G Suite management
Crime ring used Amazon, eBay to sell stolen printer ink
Want good cyber insurance? Read the fine print
Adobe Reader, Edge, Safari, and Ubuntu fall during first day at Pwn2Own
DARPA fortifies early warning system for power-grid cyber assault

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Do You Have the Power to Make Nothing Happen?

When it comes to security, the ability to "Make Nothing Happen" is really quite exciting. Check out these resources to learn how Rapid7's threat exposure management, incident detection and security advisory services enable organizations to see network risks and spot attacks before they damage your network. When you can make nothing happen, your enterprise can make growth happen. Read More

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DARPA plan would reinvent not-so-clever machine learning systems

Machine learning systems maybe be smart but they have a lot to discover. Innovative researchers with DARPA hope to achieve superior machine learning systems with a new program called Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) which has as its primary goal to develop next-generation machine learning technologies that can learn from new situations and apply that learning to become better and more reliable than current constrained systems. Read More

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Pwnie Express eases security remediation with a risk-assessment tool

Pwnie Express is adding a tool called Device Risk Scorecard to its Pulse Serivce that ranks the risks its security service finds on customer networks and makes it easier to remediate them. Read More

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Expert: Apple may have deployed unauthorized patch by mistake

Last month, reports came out that Apple accidentally installed a fake firmware patch on internal development servers. That's a lesson to all companies to be careful about where they get their patches. Read More

Why is incident response automation and orchestration so hot?

Manual processes limit incident response efficiency and effectiveness, driving the need for incident response automation and orchestration. Read More

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Smackdown: Office 365 vs. G Suite management

Users don't directly see these capabilities, but they are core to managing your productivity and collaboration platform Read More

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Crime ring used Amazon, eBay to sell stolen printer ink

A dozen suspects are accused of raking in at least $12 million by putting stolen ink cartridges and retail electronics up for sale on Amazon and eBay, New York’s attorney general said on Wednesday. Read More

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Want good cyber insurance? Read the fine print

Given the explosive growth of online threats, cyber insurance is becoming mandatory for most organizations. But the field is still new enough that buying an effective policy takes a lot of due diligence and attention to the fine print. Read More

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Adobe Reader, Edge, Safari, and Ubuntu fall during first day at Pwn2Own

During the first day of the Pwn2Own hacking contest, security researchers successfully demonstrated exploits against Microsoft Edge, Apple's Safari, Adobe Reader, and Ubuntu Desktop. Read More

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DARPA fortifies early warning system for power-grid cyber assault

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) continues to hone the system it hopes would quickly restore power to the U.S. electric grid in the event of a massive cyberattack. The research agency this week said it awarded defense system stalwart BAE Systems an $8.6 million contract to develop a system under its Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization (RADICS) program that has as its central goal to develop technology that will detect and automatically respond to cyber-attacks on US critical infrastructure. Read More

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How to Balance the Risks and Rewards of Using Big Data

With big data comes both great reward and risk. Every company needs to secure and manage internal and customer data while also realizing its benefits and opportunities. No matter the size of the business, security professionals are challenged with striking a delicate balance between providing safe and intuitive access to users while reducing overall risk. Read More

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