What do Smartphone Predictive Text and Cybersecurity have in common?

Posted on by David Vassallo

Maybe the link between your smartphone keyboard and current machine learning research in cybersecurity is not apparent at first glance, but the technology behind both is extremely similar: both leverage deep learning architectures called Recurrent Neural Networks [RNNs], specifically a type of RNN called Long Short Term Memory [LSTM]. One of the main advantages of … Continue reading What do Smartphone Predictive Text and Cybersecurity have in common?

Anomaly detection vs Ransomware

Posted on by David Vassallo

A big part of what we do at CyberSift is anomaly detection. The recent WannaCry attack highlighted the growing threat of ransomware in the security landscape. The WannaCry authors may have made amateur mistakes, and there may be more stealthy and profitable attacks than WannaCry, but the negative impact it has had on Windows users … Continue reading Anomaly detection vs Ransomware