Israeli firm working on a deep learning anti-virus that can spot malware without need to update
If
you own a PC, one of the first software you need today is a anti-virus
to protect you from various virus, trojans and worms. However, it is a
known fact that the more the viruses, trojans and discovered by the
security companies, the more faster the cyber criminals develop new
ones.
In order to keep up with the latest virus definition, every
anti-virus software has to update itself. In fact without these
updations, the anti-virus software is a dud. For unknown or new threats
they first have to be updated and that gives attackers a very brief
window of opportunity to attack a computer and most of the times that’s
all they need.
Security researchers have been working on ways to
fix this dilemma and what they propose means that future antivirus
softwares may be able to capture new malware without requiring any
updates thus closing the brief window open to the cyber criminals. Many
security researchers are working on deep learning algorithms which is
capable of spotting new malicious code naturally without need an update.
A similar security research company, Deep Instinct, which is a startup based in Israel, is working
on such a deep-learning antivirus software. Deep Instinct claims that
their anti-virus can spot new malware with a 20 percent higher accuracy
rate than the best antivirus suite available in the market right now.
The
Deep Instinct AV software has not been verified by industry experts as
of yet. However, if their claims are true than PC owners without
Internet facilities can heave a sigh of relief for having a AV solution
which works without updates.
Researchers at Microsoft and Invincea
made a presentation on the benefits of deep learning detection systems
for viruses and malware. If Deep Instinct AV software is what it
claims, it could be a game changer in the AV industry.