Google takes a big step in threat intelligence, leveraging its AI-powered Gemini chatbot to combat cyber threats. The aim is to help users quickly analyze malware and respond to threats faster. Here are the details…
Google Gemini gathers intelligence against threats
This new service, called Google Threat Intelligence, combines Google’s Mandiant team, the VirusTotal community, and billions of signals from the company’s devices and emails. Gemini acts as a search tool in the field of threat intelligence, helping users learn how to protect themselves against security threats.
Google stated that by combining the Gemini 1.5 Pro model with its other services, it has significantly strengthened threat intelligence gathering processes, enhanced defensive capabilities, and shortened the time to identify security threats. Gemini can condense large data sets in seconds and analyze suspicious files faster.
Gemini support for Google Chrome is coming. Users will be able to use Google AI directly in the search bar.
Gemini 1.5 Pro is designed to make analyzing malware through reverse engineering easier, a method used by cybersecurity professionals to analyze advanced software. For example, Google mentioned that Gemini 1.5 Pro took only 34 seconds to analyze a WannaCry malware file and find the kill switch.
Google Gemini Threat Intelligence can produce custom threat summaries from a decade of accumulated threat intelligence reports. Dave Gruber, principal analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, said it “gives security teams the ability to apply threat intelligence to take action to better protect their organizations.”
Google announced this new service at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, stating that it protects 4 billion devices and 1.5 billion emails daily while blocking 100 million phishing attempts per day. The company also introduced new AI-powered features like an “Investigation Assistant” to help respond to security threats and a “Playbook Assistant” to help security teams create response playbooks that simplify more specialized tasks.
As Google takes a big step in cybersecurity with Gemini, it’s not hard to predict that such AI-powered solutions will become more widespread in the future and help combat security threats. What do you think? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.
