Topic: False Positives
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Orion Security Secures $32M for AI-Powered Data Loss Prevention
Orion Security raised $32 million in Series A funding, led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from IBM and existing investors, bringing its total funding to $38 million to accelerate platform development and market expansion. The company's platform rejects traditional, policy-heavy da...
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Open-Source AI Hacking Tools Are Now Alarmingly Effective
The cybersecurity landscape is being transformed by sophisticated open-source AI hacking tools like BugTrace-AI, Shannon, and the Cybersecurity AI Framework (CAI), which can mimic human reasoning to identify and exploit vulnerabilities. BugTrace-AI acts as a low-noise reconnaissance assistant tha...
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Microsoft Teams Adds Caller ID to Combat Brand Impersonation
Microsoft is launching a default-enabled feature called Brand Impersonation Protection for Teams, which scans first-time external calls for signs of impersonation and warns users before they answer. The feature, rolling out from mid-February, aims to prevent social engineering scams and data thef...
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AI Cyberattacks Are Rising: Is Your Network Ready?
Adversarial AI tools are enabling faster, more sophisticated, and evasive cyberattacks that can bypass traditional defenses and overwhelm manual security processes. This threat evolution necessitates a zero-trust security framework and makes comprehensive network visibility through Network Detect...
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Amazon Deploys AI Agents to Hunt Software Bugs
Amazon has launched its Autonomous Threat Analysis (ATA) system to proactively identify software vulnerabilities and implement defenses before cybercriminals can exploit them, addressing security challenges in complex codebases. The system uses multiple specialized AI agents that simulate attack ...
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Cloudflare Outage That Took Down ChatGPT Explained
A major Cloudflare outage disrupted numerous popular websites and services, including ChatGPT, revealing the heavy reliance many platforms have on its infrastructure for traffic management and security. The outage was caused by a configuration error in an internal database query, which led to a f...
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Google Ads Improves Advertiser Suspension Accuracy
Google has significantly reduced mistaken advertiser suspensions by over 80% and now resolves 99% of appeals within one business day, enhancing stability for businesses. The improvements were driven by clearer policy wording, AI-powered detection with Gemini technology, and optimized appeal proce...
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Police Privacy Limits: How Far Is Too Far?
Advanced surveillance tools like drones and license plate readers spark debate over public safety versus privacy, with critics highlighting risks of extensive data collection and insufficient oversight that disproportionately affect marginalized groups. Data security and control are major concern...
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Upwind Launches AI-Powered Exposure Validation Engine for Dynamic CSPM
Upwind's Exposure Validation Engine introduces real-time, dynamic validation for CSPM, moving beyond static checks to confirm live cloud exposures under actual operating conditions. The AI-based framework combines configuration analysis with live reachability testing, simulating attacker methods ...
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Arctera InfoScale Uses AI to Detect and Stop Ransomware
Arctera's InfoScale platform now uses AI to detect and neutralize ransomware threats in real time by analyzing behavioral patterns across applications, storage, and infrastructure. The system provides full-stack visibility and application-aware actions, enabling immediate protective measures to l...
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Corero SmartWall ONE Stops Encrypted DDoS Attacks Instantly
Corero Network Security has upgraded its SmartWall ONE platform to provide real-time defense against encrypted application-layer DDoS attacks using AI and threat intelligence. The solution operates within existing infrastructure, avoiding performance delays and false alarms while maintaining priv...
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AI-Generated Code: The Hidden Cost of Human Cleanup
AI-generated code now accounts for about a quarter of production code but introduces new vulnerabilities, with many organizations experiencing security incidents due to flaws in this automated output. Accountability for security breaches involving AI-generated code is unclear, as responsibility i...
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How "Catch a Cheater" Apps Feed Our Worst Instincts
"Cheater catching" apps use facial recognition to scan dating platforms like Tinder, operating in a legal gray area and raising privacy concerns by accessing profiles without user consent. Privacy experts warn these tools enable invasive surveillance, often misidentify individuals—especially peop...
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Chat Control: Is Your Privacy at Risk?
The EU's proposed Chat Control legislation aims to combat child sexual abuse by requiring digital platforms to scan for illegal content, but cybersecurity experts warn it could critically undermine digital security and personal privacy. The regulation is incompatible with end-to-end encryption, e...
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Australia excels at detecting cyberattacks but struggles with alert fatigue, Illumio finds
Australian organizations lead globally in detecting lateral movement security incidents (97% detection rate) but face severe operational challenges from overwhelming alert volumes and false positives. Security teams receive an average of 2,061 alerts daily, leading to alert fatigue and spending n...
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AI Security: Outsmart Evolving Cyber Threats
Organizations face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats that require proactive, AI-enhanced security measures to anticipate and block novel attacks before they cause damage. AI-powered systems revolutionize security workflows by processing vast datasets to eliminate false positives, highlight...
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Safer Self-Driving Cars with Advanced Microphone Tech
Researchers have developed the Hearing Car, which uses external microphones and AI to detect and identify sounds like sirens or mechanical issues, enhancing vehicle safety by responding to unseen dangers. The system was tested over 1,500 kilometers in harsh conditions, proving its resilience, and...
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Check Point and Wiz Partner to Unify CNAPP and Cloud Security
Check Point and Wiz have launched an integrated cloud security platform that combines prevention-first network security with CNAPP capabilities, enhancing visibility and AI-driven threat prevention. The partnership enables organizations to shift from remediation to prevention, offering real-time ...
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ManageEngine Log360 Update Cuts SOC Alert Fatigue
Security operations centers are overwhelmed by excessive data and false alerts, which often obscure critical threats. ManageEngine's Log360 update introduces smarter threat detection, filtering out irrelevant alerts and reducing false positives by up to 90%. The platform includes a centralized de...
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ManageEngine Reduces SOC Alert Fatigue with Reengineered Detection
Security operations centers are overwhelmed by excessive alerts, making it difficult to distinguish critical threats from irrelevant noise. ManageEngine's Log360 introduces a reengineered detection system that reduces false positives and improves threat coverage with over 1,500 prebuilt, continuo...
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Quick Read: Countermeasures and Detection of Deepfakes
As deepfake technology advances, so do the methods to detect and counter them. This section explores the current state of deepfake detection and prevention strategies. A. AI-Powered Deepfake Detection Tools…
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