Antivirus and anti-malware programs may protect your PC from known security threats, but it’s the unknown malicious software which gives attackers a chance to compromise your system.<\/p>\n
According to a report by Engadget<\/a><\/strong>, new pieces of malicious software can infect a PC before its antivirus program\u00a0has updated – or systems whose users do not regularly download the latest updates.<\/p>\n Security researchers are looking to combat this issue using\u00a0deep learning algorithms that can identify\u00a0new malicious code without database updates.<\/p>\n Israeli startup Deep Instinct plans to use\u00a0an artificial neural network to build an antivirus suite that can recognise\u00a0new malware with 20% higher accuracy than today’s protection software.<\/p>\n Microsoft and Invincea have also published papers on the potential of deep learning malware detection systems. One experiment found 95% of new malware without updates.<\/p>\n Deep Instinct’s antivirus solution is yet to be tested.<\/p>\nMore security news<\/h3>\n