"AI Boosts Malware Detection Rates by 70%"

Threat intelligence-sharing platform VirusTotal has recently unveiled new research showing how cyber defenders can use AI to enhance malware analysis.  VirusTotal found that AI is extremely effective in analyzing malicious code, identifying 70% more malicious scripts than traditional techniques alone.  VirusTotal also observed that AI was up to 300% more accurate than traditional techniques at detecting attempts by malicious scripts to target a device with a common vulnerability or exploit.  The researchers analyzed hundreds of thousands of malware samples over six months.

 

Infosecurity reports: "AI Boosts Malware Detection Rates by 70%"

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