Everybody talks about AI, but nobody talks about what it means for you. During this session, we will talk about how artificial intelligence can be used to amplify human capabilities in threat detection, evidence gathering, and remediation. The traditional security infrastructure has changed over time, and threat behavior has evolved and become more complex than ever. To confront this shifting landscape, artificial intelligence has been introduced by numerous platforms to more accurately identify threats. In this session, we'll talk about how that artificial intelligence works, what it is capable of, and most importantly, how it can help your business.

This week on the premiere of Mr. Robot, the hacktivist collective fsociety made good on its threat to bring down the evil E Corp. With a few strokes of the keyboard, a USB stick and a little social engineering, the anarchists infected the corporate giant's banking division with ransomware, locking up thousands of files and closing it for business. As the character Darlene prepared her malicious code, real hackers watching no doubt chuckled at the familiar words on her screen: "Hack the Gibson…and remember…hugs are worth more than handshakes." Like so much about the hacking on Mr. Robot, that detail was for them. When these episodes air, I don't watch the episodes, I keep my eye on Reddit and Twitter and see what people are saying about it.

Cristina is a malware researcher at Bitdefender's Antimalware Labs. For the past 6 years, she has demonstrated strong expertise in reverse engineering, exploit analysis, threat analysis and automated systems. She has a graduate degree in Computer Science from the "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University in Iasi and is now pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning theory in malware detection systems.

Thune Seeks Answers from Elon Musk on Autopilot Technology Inquiry prompted after tragic death of driver using Tesla's autopilot mode July 14, 2016 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, seeks answers from Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer at Tesla Motors, following the recent death of a driver while using the autopilot mode on a Tesla Model S. The autopilot feature allows the vehicle to automatically steer, change lanes, and manage speed. In Sen. Thune's letter to Musk, he seeks to determine whether the technology performed as intended and Tesla's actions to educate consumers on the benefits and limitations of the technology. The full text of the letter is below: Dear Mr. Musk: I write to you today regarding the recent news of a fatal crash involving a Tesla vehicle. I seek information regarding the actions Tesla Motors has taken thus far, as well as future actions planned in response to this accident. In particular, I am interested in the company's efforts to ensure the Autopilot technology was deployed safely in this instance.

Last year, mobile operators lost 38 billion ( 28bn) of their revenue to fraud, according to the Communications Fraud Control Association's 2015 survey. International crime rings are successfully and profitably using highly sophisticated techniques to bulldoze through phone companies' anti-fraud defences. However, emerging big data machine learning applications are beginning to turn the tide. Padraig Stapleton, vice president of engineering at Argyle Data provides insights on how mobile operators are deploying big data and AI to protect themselves and their consumers. Mobile operators face an increasingly complex battle against sophisticated global cybercriminals.

That's what the most ubiquitous genre of video games are colloquially called. They are the reason critics constantly say that video games are obsessed with guns. Since the early 1990s when titles like "Doom" and "Wolfenstein 3-D" popularized the concept of a gun-based game from a first-person perspective, shooters have dominated. It's a gun-obsessed medium that mirrors a gun-obsessed society. But as mass shootings become an increasingly regular part of the news cycle, it's fair to ask: Did the industry create a monster?

Scientists are hoping to use Big Data and machine learning to prevent further outbreaks of Ebola, by identifying the likelihood of various bat species carrying the virus. Ebola is what's known as a filovirus, which are long filament-shaped viruses whose genome is encoded on a single strand of RNA. Ebola is the most famous example, but there are others which are just as deadly, such as the Marburg virus that takes its name from an outbreak in the city of Marburg, Germany, in 1967. Ebola, like Marburg, is spread when people come into direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected persons. The most infamous outbreak of Ebola occurred just two years ago, in West Africa in 2014, where 11,310 people died from the disease, the World Health Organization says.

The'Promobot' (promotional robot) from the company of the same name recently made another attempt to escape its testing grounds, and its creators now believe the bot's memory has to be replaced to remove the machine's "love for freedom." "We've cross-flashed the memory of the robot with serial number IR77 twice, yet it continues to persistently move towards the exit," Ura media outlet cites Promobot's co-founder, Oleg Kivokurtsev, as saying. He noted that other robots don't act the same way and generally toe the line by moving along their planned routes. "We're considering recycling the IR77 because our clients hiring it might not like that specific feature," Kivokurtsev added. The IR77 robot escaped from a testing area in Perm, a city not far from the Urals, and made it on to a busy junction, baffling passersby but also disturbing traffic, the Promobot company reported on June 14.

For the past year, Tara Hutchinson has been trying to figure out what will happen to a tall building made from thin steel beams when "the big one" hits. To do that, she has erected a six-story tower that rises like a lime-green finger from atop a shrub-covered hill on the outskirts of San Diego, California. Hundreds of strain gauges and accelerometers fill the building, so sensitive they can detect wind gusts pressing against the walls. Now, Hutchinson just needs an earthquake. In most of the world, this would be a problem.

Cisco is just wrapping up its annual CiscoLive customer event. This year's proceedings took over Las Vegas, occupying the Bellagio, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, and MGM Grand hotel. At least for this week, Cisco was bigger in Vegas than Wayne Newton, Steve Wynn and even Carrot Top. While digital transformation served as the main theme at CiscoLive, cybersecurity had a strong supporting role throughout the event. For example, of all of the technology and business initiatives at Cisco, CEO Chuck Robbins highlighted cybersecurity in his keynote presentation by bringing the GM of Cisco's cybersecurity business unit (David Goeckeler) on stage to describe his division's progress.