AI is changing the landscape of cybersecurity

“Signature-based systems are built around the concept of recognising and blocking the exploit and may require a new signature for each variant. The signature-based system doesn’t fix the underlying weakness, though it could shield it for a while,” said Ron Davidson, CTO – Skybox Security. AI is oftern confused with automation, but they are separate, distinct solutions to a common problem

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APAC leads in Security Policy Automation ahead of the US and EMEA : report

APAC is substantially ahead in using AI/ML in production as compared to USA and EMEA where the rate of adoption is still in early days, with few organizations using AI/ML in production — just four percent of respondents in EMEA, nine percent in the US.

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Skybox Security signs RAH Infotech as national distributor in India

Skybox Security, a global cybersecurity management player said that it has signed an agreement with RAH Infotech, India’s fastest growing value-added technology distributors, to be the company’s national distributor.

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Cryptomining replaces ransomware as most popular cybercrime malware

New Delhi: Skybox Security, a global cybersecurity management player’s latest mid-year 2018 vulnerability and threat trends update report by its Skybox Research Lab has found that cryptomining is replacing ransomware as the cybercriminal tool of choice with cryptomining malware. In the last six months of 2017, ransomware accounted for 32 percent of attacks, while malicious cryptominers accounted for seven percent. By the first half of 2018, the figures had switched almost exactly: malicious cryptominers accounted for 32 percent of attacks while ransomware dropped to eight percent. “In the last few…

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