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Detecting Shoplifting Behavior

Posted on By infossl
artificialintelligence, behavioraldetection, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, theft

This system claims to detect suspicious behavior that indicates shoplifting: Vaak, a Japanese startup, has developed artificial intelligence software that hunts for potential shoplifters, using footage from security cameras for fidgeting, restlessness and other potentially suspicious body language. The article has no detail or analysis, so we don’t know how well it works. But this … Read More “Detecting Shoplifting Behavior” »

Machine Learning to Detect Software Vulnerabilities

Posted on By infossl
artificialintelligence, economicsofsecurity, essays, machinelearning, Security technology, vulnerabilities

No one doubts that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will transform cybersecurity. We just don’t know how, or when. While the literature generally focuses on the different uses of AI by attackers and defenders ­ and the resultant arms race between the two ­ I want to talk about software vulnerabilities. All software … Read More “Machine Learning to Detect Software Vulnerabilities” »

Artificial Intelligence and the Attack/Defense Balance

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artificialintelligence, essays, Security technology, securityengineering, vulnerabilities

Artificial intelligence technologies have the potential to upend the longstanding advantage that attack has over defense on the Internet. This has to do with the relative strengths and weaknesses of people and computers, how those all interplay in Internet security, and where AI technologies might change things. You can divide Internet security tasks into two … Read More “Artificial Intelligence and the Attack/Defense Balance” »

Confusing Self-Driving Cars by Altering Road Signs

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academicpapers, artificialintelligence, cars, Security technology

Researchers found that they could confuse the road sign detection algorithms of self-driving cars by adding stickers to the signs on the road. They could, for example, cause a car to think that a stop sign is a 45 mph speed limit sign. The changes are subtle, though — look at the photo from the … Read More “Confusing Self-Driving Cars by Altering Road Signs” »

US Army Researching Bot Swarms

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artificialintelligence, botnets, drones, nationalsecuritypolicy, robotics, Security technology

The US Army Research Agency is funding research into autonomous bot swarms. From the announcement: The objective of this CRA is to perform enabling basic and applied research to extend the reach, situational awareness, and operational effectiveness of large heterogeneous teams of intelligent systems and Soldiers against dynamic threats in complex and contested environments and … Read More “US Army Researching Bot Swarms” »

The Future of Forgeries

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artificialintelligence, fakenews, forensics, forgery, Security technology

This article argues that AI technologies will make image, audio, and video forgeries much easier in the future. Combined, the trajectory of cheap, high-quality media forgeries is worrying. At the current pace of progress, it may be as little as two or three years before realistic audio forgeries are good enough to fool the untrained … Read More “The Future of Forgeries” »

Security Orchestration and Incident Response

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artificialintelligence, incidentresponse, rsa, sciencefiction, Security technology, war

Last month at the RSA Conference, I saw a lot of companies selling security incident response automation. Their promise was to replace people with computers ­– sometimes with the addition of machine learning or other artificial intelligence techniques ­– and to respond to attacks at computer speeds. While this is a laudable goal, there’s a … Read More “Security Orchestration and Incident Response” »

Automatically Identifying Government Secrets

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academicpapers, artificialintelligence, nationalsecuritypolicy, secrecy, Security technology

Interesting research: “Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify State Secrets,” by Renato Rocha Souza, Flavio Codeco Coelho, Rohan Shah, and Matthew Connelly. Abstract: Whether officials can be trusted to protect national security information has become a matter of great public controversy, reigniting a long-standing debate about the scope and nature of official secrecy. The declassification of … Read More “Automatically Identifying Government Secrets” »