Machine Learning: ESET thoroughly analyzes the role of Artificial Intelligence ahead of Mobile World Congress 2019. According to a relevant survey by the company, 80% of participants believe that AI and Machine Learning technologies will help fight cyber threats
The debate over Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken on great proportions nowadays. The idea of an everyday life full of smart machines seems real through the images created by marketing, but in reality we are still very far from such a scenario. 
In this context, in recent months ESET researchers have been diligently investigating the role of AI (Machine Learning - ML) in combating cyber threats.
The results of this ESET survey were collected in a comprehensive report entitled "Machine-Learning Era in Cybersecurity: A Step Towards a Safer World or the Brink of Chaos?", which was recently made public on the occasion of the Mobile World Congress.
In mid-2018, ESET commissioned this research to examine what the core technology beliefs are. 82% of respondents believe that their organization has already used a cybersecurity solution that utilizes ML technology, while only 23% said they do not plan to use an cyber security solution based on ML in the near future.
Even more important is the fact that 80% also believe that ML already helps or will help their body to detect and respond to threats faster, while 76% of respondents agree more or less that this technology will provide solutions to the problem of scarcity cybersecurity skills in the work environment.
ESET has over 30 years of experience specializing in cybersecurity and has focused on machine learning applications for more than 20 years. Based on this experience, its experts have developed a powerful, durable and innovative machine learning technology.
"ESET has integrated its own machine learning technology into the ESET LiveGrid® cloud system, which examines the" reputation "of the item, ie whether the item has been marked as malicious at another time. Thanks to this integration, our customers, from ordinary home users to businesses of all sizes, enjoy the benefits of ML technology.
Ειδικά για τις επιχειρήσεις μεγάλου μεγέθους, ακόμη μεγαλύτερο επίπεδο προστασίας επιτυγχάνεται με το ESET Dynamic Threat Defense, μια λύση sandboxing που βασίζεται στο cloud για την detection νέων απειλών, που μέχρι πρότινος ήταν άγνωστες» σχολιάζει ο Juraj Jánošík, Ερευνητής της ESET και ειδικός σε θέματα ΑΙ.
He adds that, although many areas of human activity have already undergone transformational changes thanks to Machine Learning, the greater and greater changes that machine learning we have not experienced them yet.
Machine Learning-based technologies will increasingly help combat it cyber fraud, in the evaluation and optimization of the processes, in the improvement of the processes control και στην ανάπτυξη νέων λύσεων σε υπάρχοντα problems.
However, as with most innovations, machine learning has its drawbacks.
"As business, infrastructure and our personal lives increasingly enter the realm of digital technology, new risks are emerging. Cybercriminals can use Machine Learning in a number of ways: to power their malware, target specific victims and extract valuable data, target zero-day vulnerabilities, or protect compromised systems such as botnets", Says Jánošík.
The publication of the research coincides with the holding of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Juraj Jánošík, one of the authors of the relevant white paper, will be at the ESET stand (Hall 7, stand 7H41). THE ESET will continue to explore Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, presenting new research and important findings on mobile security - specifically for cyber threats on the Android platform - during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), held on 25- February 28, 2019 in Barcelona.
Those interested in learning more about the role of ML in cyber security, e.g. for the misuse of machine learning by cybercriminals to translate spam emails and make them look more trustworthy, or to improve targeting of victims, for its possible misuse to improve malware in the future, and for the limitations of technology, read the report at WeLiveSecurity.com (PDF).
