How deep learning tech is changing the cybersecurity game

APART from highlighting the digital vulnerabilities in tertiary education institutions, the revelation of cyber attacks on four main Singaporean universities last week has caught the attention of cyber security experts. One of them is Stuart Fisher, the Senior Vice President of Deep Instinct, a cybersecurity startup that sees itself revolutionising the cybersecurity industry through the application of deep learning. To recap, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and the country's Ministry of Education (MOE) said last week that they received information about the breaches affecting at least 52 online accounts. The incident was found to be a phishing attack where unsuspecting users were directed to a credential harvesting website. Credentials were then used to gain unauthorized access to the institutes' library website to obtain research articles published by staff.