Supercomputers give a glimpse of cybersecurity's automated future

[Becky]

Yesterday, the Cyber Grand Challenge' took place at DEF CON in Las Vegas, where a group of supercomputers battled each other to try and detect software vulnerabilities. These computers were fully automated, with no human support or participation.

It represents a technological achievement in vulnerability detection, at a time when it can take human researchers on an average a year to find software flaws. The hope is that computers can do a better job and perhaps detect and patch the flaws within months, weeks or even days.

Thursday’s contest, called the Cyber Grand Challenge, was a step in that direction. The final round of the competition pitted computers from seven teams to play the hacking game “Capture the Flag,” which revolves around detecting software vulnerabilities.

There is still a long way to go before supercomputers are ready to detect software vulnerabilities in the real world, but this is a promising step.

Read more at PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3104...impse-of-cybersecuritys-automated-future.html

 

[V_R]

#Skynet

 

[Becky]

#Skynet

It's beginning!!

Seriously though, their autonomy is in regards to one particular task, so hopefully they won't be taking over the world just yet

 

[bootneck02]

Ahh Las Vegas my favorite City, but wouldn't recommend August temp is average 110 c but last year got to 115 c.