Security Bulletin: Tensor Flow security vulnerabilities on IBM Watson Machine Learning Server

Summary TensorFlow is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow and denial of service on IBM Watson Machine Learning Server Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-15201 DESCRIPTION: TensorFlow is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the...

Improve Your Cyber Security Posture by Combining State of the Art Security Tools

Today there are plenty of cybersecurity tools on the market. It is now more important than ever that the tools you decide to use work well together. If they don't, you will not get the complete picture, and you won't be able to analyze the entire system from a holistic perspective. This means tha...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m keynoting the all-virtual RSA Conference 2021, May 17-20, 2021. I’m keynoting the 5th International Symposium on Cyber Security Cryptology and Machine Learning via Zoom, July 8-9, 2021. I’ll be speaking at an Informa event on...

Network Detection & Response: The Next Frontier in Fighting the Human Problem

Last year, Gartner published a market guide on network detection and response NDR. Formerly known as network-traffic analytics, which I’ve spoken about in the past at length, NDR has adapted to not only play a major role in helping network and security teams identify threats, but it has enabled...

Gamifying machine learning for stronger security and AI models

To stay ahead of adversaries, who show no restraint in adopting tools and techniques that can help them attain their goals, Microsoft continues to harness AI and machine learning to solve security challenges. One area we’ve been experimenting on is autonomous systems. In a simulated enterprise...

Gamifying machine learning for stronger security and AI models

To stay ahead of adversaries, who show no restraint in adopting tools and techniques that can help them attain their goals, Microsoft continues to harness AI and machine learning to solve security challenges. One area we’ve been experimenting on is autonomous systems. In a simulated enterprise...

Columbo - A Computer Forensic Analysis Tool Used To Simplify And Identify Specific Patterns In Compromised Datasets

Columbo is a computer forensic analysis tool used to simplify and identify specific patterns in compromised datasets. It breaks down data to small sections and uses pattern recognition and machine learning models to identify adversaries behaviour and their possible locations in compromised Window...

How one data scientist is pioneering techniques to detect security threats

Data science is an increasingly popular field of study that’s relevant to every industry. When Maria Puertas Calvo was a student, she never imagined that one day she would pioneer data science techniques to detect security threats. She started her Microsoft career on the Safety Platform team,...

Newest Intel Side-Channel Attack Sniffs Out Sensitive Data

Intel processors are vulnerable to a new side-channel attack, which researchers said can allow attackers to steal sensitive information such as encryption keys or passwords. Unlike previous side-channel attacks, this attack does not rely on sharing memory, cache sets and other former tactics...

How to Combat Alert Fatigue With Cloud-Based SIEM Tools

Today’s security teams are facing more complexity than ever before. IT environments are changing and expanding rapidly, resulting in proliferating data as organizations adopt more tools to stay on top of their sprawling environments. And with an abundance of tools comes an abundance of alerts,...

6 strategies to reduce cybersecurity alert fatigue in your SOC

Today, organizations are faced with the increasingly difficult task of trying to protect their expanding digital estate from sophisticated cybersecurity threats. Migration to the cloud and a mobile workforce has dissolved the network boundary and projected the digital estate beyond its traditiona...

6 strategies to reduce cybersecurity alert fatigue in your SOC

Today, organizations are faced with the increasingly difficult task of trying to protect their expanding digital estate from sophisticated cybersecurity threats. Migration to the cloud and a mobile workforce has dissolved the network boundary and projected the digital estate beyond its traditiona...

SOAR Tools: What to Look for When Investing in Security Automation Tech

Security orchestration and automation SOAR refers to a collection of software solutions and tools that organizations can leverage to streamline security operations in three key areas: threat and vulnerability management, incident response, and security-operations automation. From a single platfor...

Security Bulletin: The Ubuntu ca-certificates have been updated in Watson Machine Learning Community Edition containers due to expiration.

Summary Ubuntu ca-certficates expire occasionally and need to be updated. The Ubuntu based containers for Watson Machine Learning Community Edition have been updated to recent ca-certificates. Vulnerability Details Third Party Entry: 192370 DESCRIPTION: ca-certificates package for Ubuntu spoofing...

Security Bulletin: Watson Machine Learning Community Edition docker containers have been updated to fix a security issue in libcurl

Summary Watson Machine Learning Community Edition docker containers have been updated to fix a security issue in libcurl. Users should repull the docker containers from dockerhub.com or issue an in-container update. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-8231 DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl could allow ...

Security Bulletin: TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning Community Edition 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has been patched for various security issues.

Summary TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning Community Edition 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has had various CVE reported against it and have been patched. Users should update to the latest available TensorFlow package. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-15265 DESCRIPTION: Tensorflow is vulnerable to a...

Security Bulletin: TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has been patched for various security issues in nanopb.

Summary TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has had various secuirty issue published for nanopb. These have been patched in the latest versions of TensorFlow. Vulnerability Details Third Party Entry: 193026 DESCRIPTION: Nanopb pbencode buffer overflow CVSS Base score: 4.8 CVSS...

Security Bulletin: TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has been patched for a security issue in nanopb.

Summary TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has had various secuirty issue published for nanopb. These have been patched in the latest versions of TensorFlow. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-26243 DESCRIPTION: Nanopb is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory...

Security Bulletin: TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning Community Edition 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has been patched for various security issues.

Summary TensorFlow in Watson Machine Learning Community Edition 1.6.2 and 1.7.0 has had various reported CVEID's included below. These issues have been patched and users should update to the latest available versions. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-26270 DESCRIPTION: TensorFlow is vulnerab...

Incorporating machine learning in data mapping for improved results

By Owais Sultan Data mapping is a process in which different bits of data are organized into a manageable as well as easy-to-comprehend system. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Incorporating machine learning in data mapping for improved results...