Kaspersky Internet Security for
Android leverages Machine
Learning technology
aspersky Internet Security
for Android has been
strengthened with a new feature
for combating the evolving malware
landscape – Cloud ML for Android.
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The new feature, based on Machine
Learning technology, ensures immediate
proactive detection of advanced
and previously unknown malware, to
minimise the risks of mobile devices
being exposed to cyberattacks.
To this end, malicious applications that
may have been downloaded on a mobile
device are detected before they launch.
Over the last few years, mobile threats
have evolved at such a rapid pace that
existing protective systems can’t always
keep up with ever-changing threats.
Cybercriminals are becoming more
creative and constantly transforming
malware to make it more difficult to
identify. With new forms of malware
spreading rapidly, it can be problematic
for security solutions to be updated fast
enough to detect them.
As a step in the fight against constantly
evolving and unknown threats,
Kaspersky Internet Security for Android
has been updated with a new technology
called Cloud ML for Android.
The technology enables the product
to provide an even faster reaction to
unknown threats and keeps the number
of false positives at the lowest rates.
Whenever a user downloads an
application on their mobile device, the
technology uses Machine Learning
algorithms from the cloud that have
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been trained on millions of malware
samples. The applied approach analyses
thousands of different application
parameters – including requested
permissions or entry points – in less
than a second and instantly provides an
accurate verdict.
Even if the application turns out to be
a specific or modified type of malware
that has not been previously seen,
Cloud ML for Android will recognise
it as malicious based on the typical
parameters that correspond with
already known threats.
The new technology benefits not only
from Machine Learning algorithms but
also the Kaspersky Security Network –
Kaspersky’s complex distributed cloud-
based infrastructure that processes
anonymised cyberthreats related to
metadata streams from millions of
voluntary participants around the world.
Timur Biyachuev, Vice President, Threat
Research at Kaspersky, said: “According
to recent Kaspersky research the
number of mobile malware attacks
doubled in 2018, as cybercriminals
invent new ways to create and distribute
malware. Obviously, anti-malware
technologies need to keep up.
“Our mobile product, Kaspersky Internet
Security for Android, already protects
millions of users from advanced and
yet previously unknown threats. This
new component improves the accuracy
and speed at which these threats are
detected, making mobile experiences
better and more secure.” u
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