Deepfakes are the wild west of digital media. On one hand, the image generation tools are revolutionizing creative industries, letting people craft amazing content fast and with minimal resources. On the other, they’re a growing menace, eroding trust and blurring the lines between reality and fiction. Can we protect ourselves in a world where you can’t trust what you see or hear? I’m a hopeless optimist, so here’s my take. ...
Phishing is no joke. It is one of the most pervasive cybersecurity threats, one of the major attack vectors against corporations and individuals, with a 345% surge in unique phishing sites between 2020 and 2021. Enter machine learning, our new best friend in the fight against phishing. This research proposes a smart system for predicting phishing websites using Support Vector Machines (SVM). Let’s take a look at some practical LM to fight cyber crime, as opposed to all the AI generic claims from most vendors nowadays. ...
Cybersecurity feels like a never-ending game of cat and mouse. Technology evolves and new attack paths open up. This greatly frustrates everyone, especially non-technical top-level executives, flooded with requests to increase the cybersecurity spending. Here’s a personal reflection of the highlights (and lowlights, if I may). By no means is this a complete reference and you also need to acknowledge that this is a point in time view. I will most likely feel different next year. ...