Tag: Strategies
During the reconnaissance period there were low levels of automated activity associated with resellers testing and configuring their bots in preparation for the January 11th sale (see Figure 1). Once the sale starts, the sale event period is categorized by a drastic spike in automation against the “add to cart” flow within the first few…
Read MoreWe are excited to announce that F5 Labs has become a data partner of the Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS). The Internet-wide scanning and attempted exploitation activity that makes up our Sensor Intel Series also happens to be good training data for the machine learning system under EPSS’ hood. F5 Labs wrote about EPSS in…
Read MoreIntroduction With artificial intelligence (AI) use growing in the enterprise, Chief Information Security Officers play a critical role in its implementation and adoption. CISOs need to prepare for the risks associated with AI content creation as well as AI-assisted security threats from attackers. By following some key best practices, we’ll be better prepared to safely…
Read MoreIntroduction The first Chief Information Security Officer, or CISO, was named 29 years ago: After Russian hackers infiltrated financial services giant Citicorp (now Citigroup) in 1995 and stole more than $10 million, the Citigroup Board instructed the company’s CEO to recruit a security executive to improve the company’s digital defenses. That person was Steve Katz,…
Read MoreIntroduction Identity is one of those bedrock concepts in security that seems simple and intuitive when we use it in our daily lives (“Hi Bob!”), about ourselves (“I’m a chef!”), and in personal (“You’re my friend!”) and intimate (“I love you!”) contexts. Yet when we build or deploy systems that rely on identity — a…
Read MoreLooking Back How times have changed! Looking back at our 5 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023 there was not a single mention of AI. And yet, here we are wrapping up 2023 (pun very much intended) and it seems almost impossible to read a headline in which AI is not somehow involved. While we may have…
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