A malware infection can cripple organizations and governments alike, which is why the US Navy's High Security Computing Center (CHACS) is currently working on a mysterious new malware detection project. CHACS is a branch of the Information Technology Division of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), which carries out research and development activities in the areas of information security and cybersecurity. As a specialized branch of the organization, CHACS deals with a wide range of IT issues ranging from communications security to software engineering. Jane's 360 recently learned of CHACS's Network Security Research Division Section Head, Joseph Matthews, who is currently engaged in improving malware detection as part of a project called MalSee. The project is carried out in collaboration with academic and industrial partners together with the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
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California-based Mayachitra is one of the industry partners currently working on the MalSee project, which aims to use "vision, hearing, and other capabilities to detect malware." According to an information post on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program website, Mayachitra was awarded the development contract for the project in 2015 and received nearly €80,000 for the project. do. More details about the scope and nature of the project are provided in a summary that reads as follows: "We are proposing that MalSee take advantage of recent research by Mayachitra executives to reformulate suspicious software binaries into images and exploit machine vision techniques." to automatically classify malware. This approach offers the following advantages: robustness to variations, speed and scalability, an avenue for further scanning." Mayachitra explained on its website that MalSee is a new malware detection and classification system implemented as a web-based service. The company's unique technology enables robust and rapid detection of harmful computer viruses, providing 1000 times faster than existing methods. MalSee leverages signal processing, pattern recognition, and deep learning to detect malware faster than current methods. Mayachitra joins Deep Instinct, Sentinel One, Cylance, and other security companies using artificial intelligence, deep learning, and other emerging technologies to combat cybercrime. ViaJane's 360