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When will my phone get Android 15? Here’s everything we know
Android 15 is now available for certain Android phones. It’s been in development since February, went through three phases, and is finally beginning to roll out, starting with Google’s Pixel phones. If you’re waiting for the latest software, well, you don’t have long to wait.
If you’re wondering when your current Android smartphone will get the Android 15 update, here are all the details so far.
When is Android 15 coming out?
As we mentioned already, the typical Android release cycle has three phases: developer preview, public beta testing, and the final release.
The developer preview began on February 16, 2024. With the developer preview, app developers got a look at the upcoming changes so that they can familiarize themselves with the new software. This allows them to plan ahead to add new features to their own apps if desired.
On April 11, we had the first public beta of Android 15. This allows anyone who wants to try out the software ahead of release to test the new features. Beta testers can report issues and bugs to Google, which helps shape the final release of the software. The public beta versions are much more stable and less buggy than the developer preview builds, but remember — it was still considered early software, so it’s wasn’t perfect.
As of August 20, Google has released Android 15 Beta 4.1 for eligible devices for those who are enrolled in Google’s beta testing program. This is available to the public, so you don’t need a special invite or account. Once you’re enrolled in the program, just download the Android 15 beta.
On October 15, 2024, Google began to roll out Android 15 to select devices. Since Android phones consist of several different manufacturers, major OS upgrades roll out at different times. As Google makes the Pixel hardware, it makes sense that Pixel devices would get Android 15 first.
Since each manufacturer is different, we’ll go over each one individually as far as when they’ll get the final Android 15 release.
Google Pixel
The fastest way to get access to Android 15 is to have a Google Pixel device. That’s because Android is developed by Google, and the Pixel lineup is Google’s own hardware, similar to Apple’s iPhone and iOS, so it makes sense that Pixels would get it first.
Android 15 is available for the following Pixel devices:
Unfortunately, the Pixel 5 and earlier won’t be able to get the Android 15 update. But if you have any of the above Pixel devices, then you’re good to go.
Samsung Galaxy
Samsung’s One UI 6 was one of the biggest visual upgrades in many years, but the brand is rumored to be doubling on the visuals and improving animations with One UI 7.
Unfortunately, though we originally thought that the One UI 7 beta was to start rolling out soon, it looks like Samsung revealed in a keynote speech that it would be significantly delayed. How delayed? It will likely arrive with the Galaxy S25 launch in January, which means that this delay is around three months at least.
At the moment, Samsung has not announced any concrete plans about which of its devices will be able to get Android 15. But we can make some educated guesses.
First, Samsung offers at least two years of software upgrades, which it recently bumped up to seven for the latest Galaxy S24 lineup. With this in mind, it’s safe to assume that any Samsung device that shipped with Android 13 out of the box will be eligible for the Android 15 update.
Another set of devices that should get Android 15 are any flagships and midrange phones that launched with Android 11 and have four years of major OS upgrades, as that was Samsung’s policy prior to the change to seven years.
Here’s a list of possible Samsung devices that could get Android 15 based on those factors:
Galaxy S Series
Galaxy Z Series
Galaxy A Series
- Galaxy A73
- Galaxy A55
- Galaxy A54
- Galaxy A53
- Galaxy A35
- Galaxy A34
- Galaxy A33
- Galaxy A25
- Galaxy A24
- Galaxy A23
- Galaxy A15
- Galaxy A14
Galaxy Tab Series
- Galaxy Tab S9 FE Plus
- Galaxy Tab S9 FE
- Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
- Galaxy Tab S9 Plus
- Galaxy Tab S9
- Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
- Galaxy Tab S8 Plus
- Galaxy Tab S8
There are also Samsung’s Galaxy F and M Series phones. In short, there are a lot of possible Samsung phones that will receive the Android 15 update. We just listed out some of the more popular and more recent devices, but as long as it falls within the criteria mentioned above, it should get Android 15.
We will hear from Samsung later with a confirmed list of supported devices for Android 15 and update accordingly.
OnePlus
OnePlus will announce OxygenOS 15, based on Android 15, at an event on October 24. At that time, it will reveal new features, but in the meantime, it’s highlighting how the software will focus on speed and AI. Also during the event, it will confirm which devices will be eligible, and when the new software will be released.
We can make educated guesses about which OnePlus smartphones will get OxygenOS 15, based on promises by the brand. They include the following:
OxygenOS 15’s arrival follows the availability of Android 15 as a beta for two OnePlus phones, the OnePlus 12 and the OnePlus Open, starting May 15, 2024. It required manual installation, and the specific steps were laid out for the process on the OnePlus forums. It was highly recommended that a backup was performed before installing, and the device needed to be running Android 14.0.0.610 or below.
Problems were reported after installing the Android 15 beta, so approach with caution if you plan to install it on your only phone. If that hasn’t deterred you from installing Android 15 Beta 2 on your OnePlus 12 or OnePlus Open, go ahead and check out how to install it on the forums.
Motorola
Motorola has released a list of its phones that will be eligible to get the Android 15 update. The list is is a bit broad, so your phone is likely covered, especially if you bought it in the past year.
Nothing
At the moment, you can get the Android 15 beta on your Nothing phone, as long as it’s a Nothing Phone 2 or Nothing Phone 2a. Unfortunately, those who have an original Nothing Phone are out of luck.
If you have one of those eligible Nothing Phones, then you should head over to the Nothing Community forums to check out how to download the Android 15 beta on your device.
Based on promises made by Nothing at the time of launching phones, we can expect Android 15 to be delivered to these devices:
Honor
Right now, the Android 15 beta is only available for the following devices from Honor:
If you have one of those devices, you can grab the Android 15 beta right now. Similar to OnePlus, there are some known issues, though a few of them have been fixed. As of July 30, it seems that the only real concern is that there continues to be a low probability of the phone restarting in certain scenarios.
Not a deterrent? Go ahead and check the instructions on how to download the Android 15 beta for your Honor Magic 6 Pro or Magic V2 from the Honor Developers page.
In addition, the following phones are expected to receive the Android 15 update:
Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco
Xiaomi gave its Android skin a complete overhaul — from visuals to the underlying code — with Android 14. In this process, it transitioned the majority of its devices from the landmark MIUI to the new HyperOS that is also slated to run across other smart devices, including its line of EVs.
Xiaomi has already rolled out Android 15 developer preview builds for its flagship, the Xiaomi 14, alongside the Xiaomi 13T Pro and its premium tablet, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro (12.4-inch only). To download and install the respective firmware updates, head over to Xiaomi’s support page for Android 15 beta updates.
Although the company has yet to declare which devices (in addition to those above) will receive Android 15 updates, we can speculate based on earlier claims about the number of updates. For the sake of simplicity, we limit these to phones only available globally and not limited to specific regions.
Here is the list of phones from Xiaomi and its sister brands Redmi and Poco:
- Xiaomi 14 and 14 Ultra
- Xiaomi 13, 13 Pro, 13 Ultra, 13 Lite
- Xiaomi 13T and 13T Pro
- Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro
- Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro
- Xiaomi Pad 6
- Redmi Note 13 (LTE and 5G variants), 13 Pro, and 13 Pro Plus
- Redmi 13C
- Redmi Note 12
- Redmi 12 (LTE and 5G variants)
- Poco X6 Pro
- Poco F6 and F6 Pro
- Poco M6 and M6 Pro
As previously with MIUI, Xiaomi’s HyperOS updates are not necessarily tied to Android updates. This means that two phones can get the same HyperOS versions with similar features while running different generations. This is good news for cheaper and older phones that are excluded from receiving Android 15 updates, such as the flagship Mi 11 and Mi 10 series.
Realme
Realme, OnePlus’ sister brand, is fairly popular in Asia and is slowly creeping up the charts in other parts of the world. Though the interface it runs is called Realme UI, the interface closely resembles OnePlus’ OxygenOS, which itself is drawn largely from parent Oppo’s ColorOS.
Just like OnePlus, Realme also has an Android 15 beta program, but specifically for the Realme 12 Pro Plus but only for users in India. The instructions are listed in a Realme community post if you have an Indian unit.
However, a larger batch of devices in more regions can be expected to roll out following Google’s and Oppo’ release of their respective updates. Based on previous promises, here are all the Realme phones expected to get the Android 15 update:
Like Xiaomi, we have limited the list to devices widely available globally.
Keep this in mind while installing Android 15 or its betas
Though Google has officially released Android 15, only select devices have the final build, namely Pixel phones. Other manufacturers will be rolling out their own custom user interfaces based on Android 15 on their own schedules, and Samsung is typically the first one in this race, though its One UI 7 interface has faced big delays.
If you don’t have a Pixel, you could still access the Android 15 beta, but it’s important to remember to keep a backup of any crucial data just in case there are any malfunctions in the beta before the final version is released on non-Pixel phones.
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Asus Zenbook S 14 vs. MacBook Air M3: impressively close
Apple’s MacBook Air M3 represents the latest of the company’s very successful thin-and-light laptops built around Apple Silicon’s fast and highly efficient chipsets. It’s one of the best laptops made, and Windows machines have had a hard time keeping up.
Now, Intel has introduced a new chipset, the Core Ultra Series 2, also know as Lunar Lake, that aims to rectify things with much better efficiency. The Asus Zenbook S 14 is one of the first laptops introduced with the new chipset. Can it compete?
Specs and configurations
Asus Zenbook S 14 (UX5406SA) | Apple MacBook Air M3 | |
Dimensions | 12.22 x 8.45 x 0.47-0.51 inches | 11.97 inches x 8.46 inches x 0.44 inches |
Weight | 2.65 pounds | 2.7 pounds |
CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Apple M3 (8-core) |
GPU | Intel Arc 140V | 8 GPU cores 10 GPU cores |
RAM | 16GB LPDDR5X RAM 32GB LPDDR5X RAM |
8GB 16GB 24GB |
Display | 14.0-inch 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED, 120Hz | 13.6-inch 16:10 Liquid Retina (2560 x 1664) IPS |
Storage | 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD | 256GB SSD 512GB SSD 1TB SSD 2TB SSD |
Ports | 2 x USB-C with Thunderbolt 4 1 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 1 x HDMI 2.1 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack |
2 x USB-C with Thunderbolt 4 1 x 3.5mm audio jack 1 x MagSafe 3 |
Touch | Yes | No |
Wireless | Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 5.4 |
Wi-Fi 6E Bluetooth 5.3 |
Webcam | 1080p with infrared camera for Windows 11 Hello | 1080p |
Battery | 72 watt-hour | 52.6 watt-hours |
Operating system | Windows 11 | macOS Sonoma |
Price | $1,399+ | $1,099+ |
Rating | 4 out of 5 stars | 4 out of 5 stars |
There aren’t many configurations of the Zenbook S 14 available yet. Our review unit costs $1,500 with an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V chipset, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 14-inch 2.8K OLED display.
The MacBook Air M3 has several options. The base model costs $1,099 with an 8-core CPU/8-core GPU M3 chipset, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB, and a 13.6-inch 2560 x 1664 IPS display. RAM and storage upgrades include $200 to upgrade to 16GB or 512GB, and $400 to go to 24GB and 1TB. An upgrade to 2TB is a whopping $800. Our review unit cost $1,699 for an 8-core CPU/10-core GPU M3, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. The high-end configuration with 24GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD is $2,299.
So, when configured similarly, the MacBook Air M3 is $100 more. That makes them close enough that other factors will weigh more.
Design
The MacBook Air M3 is an incredibly thin laptop while still maintaining Apple’s usual excellent build quality and solid chassis. It’s CNC machined out of a single chunk of aluminum, and it’s an elegant aesthetic in one of four colors. The Zenbook S 14 is a pretty thin laptop as well, and it uses a “ceraluminum” (Asus’ word) material to be very light and yet sturdy. It’s a good-looking laptop as well, coming in either dark gray or white and with a geometric pattern on the lid.
Both laptops have the usual quality hinge that opens with one hand, and while the MacBook Air feels dense and cold in hand, the Zenbook has a warm texture. The bottom line is that nobody is likely to buy either laptop based solely on their look and feel.
The Zenbook S 14 has the very good Asus keyboard that you’ll find on the entire ZenBook line. It has plenty of spacing and large keycaps, as well as light and snappy switches. The MacBook Air uses Apple’s excellent Magic Keyboard, which is my favorite. It has a perfect layout, comfortable keys, and the most precise switches on a laptop today. The Zenbook’s mechanical touchpad feels Ok, but it’s almost too large, leaving a very small palm rest. The MacBook Air’s Force Touch haptic touchpad is perfectly sized and works great, with the Force Click function that adds additional features with a firmer “click.” The keyboard and touchpad are Apple strengths.
Connectivity favors the Zenbook S 14, which has a couple of legacy ports to go with the same two Thunderbolt 4 connections. And it has more up-to-date wireless connectivity. Both laptops have 1080p webcams, and the Zenbook uses an infrared camera with Windows 11 facial recognition compared to the MacBook Air’s Touch ID fingerprint reader. The Zenbook supports Studio Effects software that enhances videoconferencing.
Performance
Intel’s Lunar Lake chipsets are aimed at competing directly with Apple Silicon. We reviewed the Zenbook S 14 with the Core Ultra 7 258V, a 17-watt, 8-core (four Performance and four Low Power Efficient), 8-thread chipset. It uses the newest Intel Arc 140V integrated graphics. The MacBook Air uses Apple’s M3 chipset with eight CPU cores and eight or 10 GPU cores. We reviewed the faster version.
In our benchmarks, the MacBook Air M3 was faster in all but the Handbrake test. It was faster in both single-core and multi-core tests. And its GPU was more than twice as fast in the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme benchmark.
It’s not that the Zenbook S 14 is a slow laptop. It’s just that the MacBook Air M3 is meaningfully faster.
Geekbench 6 (single/multi) |
Cinebench R24 (single/multi/battery) |
Handbrake | 3DMark Wild Life Extreme |
|
Asus Zenbook S 14 (Core Ultra 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V) |
2,738 / 10,734 | 112 / 452 | 113 | 3,240 |
Apple MacBook Air M3 (M3 8/10) |
3,102 / 12,078 | 141 / 601 | 109 | 8,098 |
Display
The Zenbook S 14 uses a 14-inch 2.8K OLED display running at up to 120Hz. It’s a lovely display with OLED’s usual bright, dynamic colors and inky blacks. That compares to the MacBook Air’s 13.6-inch 2560 x 1664 IPS display running at 60Hz.
While the MacBook Air’s display is a very good example of IPS technology, and it’s very bright and reasonably colorful, the Zenbook’s OLED panel has much wider colors and near-perfect blacks. Our review unit had oddly poor color accuracy, but that’s unusual and likely an outlier. The Zenbook’s display will be appreciated by creators and media consumers.
Asus Zenbook S 14 (OLED) |
Apple MacBook Air M3 (IPS) |
|
Brightness (nits) |
313 | 496 |
AdobeRGB gamut | 95% | 87% |
sRGB gamut | 100% | 100% |
DCI-P3 gamut | 100% | 99% |
Accuracy (DeltaE, lower is better) |
4.92 | 1.24 |
Contrast | 28,310:1 | 1,480:1 |
Portability
The MacBook Air is the thinnest laptop you can buy, and the Zenbook S 14 is only a little thicker. In spite of having a larger display, the Zenbook is around the same width and depth, and it weighs about the same. These are both very portably laptops.
When it comes to battery life, the Zenbook S 14 comes about as close to the MacBook Air M3 as any recent Windows laptop has managed. It’s only three hours behind in our web-browsing test and an hour behind in our video-looping test. And the two laptops managed about the same in the demanding Cinebench R24 multi-core test.
Web | Video | Cinebench R24 |
|
Asus Zenbook S 14 (Core Ultra 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V) |
16 hours, 47 minutes | 18 hours, 35 minutes | 3 hour, 33 minutes |
Apple MacBook Air M3 (M3 8/10) |
19 hours, 38 minutes | 19 hours, 39 minutes | 3 hours, 27 minutes |
Two very good laptops, but the MacBook Air wins a close one
These are both great laptops. The Zenbook S 14 leverages the Intel Lunar Lake chipset for great battery life, which is an early win for the platform. It’s a nicely designed and built laptop, and it really doesn’t have any significant flaws.
The MacBook Air is also close to perfect, and it’s meaningfully faster with slightly better battery life. It has a much better keyboard and touchpad, and generally a very elegant design. It’s a bit more expensive, but worth it — although if you must have Windows, then the Zenbook S 14 is a great choice.
Technology
Snapdragon 8 Elite’s Antutu scores show massive improvements
The Snapdragon 8 Elite is set to be one of the best chips in Qualcomm’s history. Leaks about the formerly known Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 already suggested it, and benchmarks have been confirming it. Over the past few weeks, a few devices powered by the chip have been showing off their might on Geekbench. Now, the Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered realme GT7 Pro has gone through Antutu’s tests, showing massive improvements.
Smartprix got access to the realme GT7 Pro’s results on Antutu and put them side-by-side with those of the iPhone 16 Pro (Apple’s A18 Pro). That said, you should know that Antutu’s tests for Android and iOS devices use different APIs, so the results are not directly comparable. However, you can use them as a reference if you compare them with Antutu results from previous generations of devices.
Snapdragon 8 Elite scores over 3 million points in Antutu; surpasses Apple A18 Pro on Geekbench
The Snapdragon 8 Elite achieved an impressive overall score of 3,025,991 on Antutu. This represents a massive performance boost over the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. For reference, the latter scores around 2.1 million points in its best Antutu scores. These results are in line with what we’ve seen so far on other benchmark platforms. For example, in Geekbench, the chip scored 3,260 and 10,051 points on single-core and multi-core tests, respectively.
It’s notable that Geekbench results are comparable between Android and iOS devices. The Apple A18 Pro chip scores around 3,182 and 7,872 points in the single-core and multi-core tests on that platform. In GFXBench, a benchmark focused on graphics performance, the Snapdragon 8 Elite reached 125 FPS and 166 FPS in the DreamWorks Wild Life tests. So, the SoC is ready to take the tech industry by storm as soon as it is available.
The chip could be available in two variants
Leaks about Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship mobile SoC claim that it will use a 2+6 core architecture. The chip would be available in two variants, where the main difference would be the clock speed of the two most powerful cores. The “standard” version would reach 4.09 GHz, while the “Pro” variant would boast 4.32 GHz. The other six cores would have a clock speed of 2.78 GHz in both models.
In addition to the realme GT7 Pro, the iQOO 13, OnePlus 13, and Xiaomi 15 series will be the first devices to boast the Snapdragon 8 Elite. All (or most) of these phones are expected to arrive before 2025.
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Apple Pay now works with third-party iOS and desktop browsers
Apple Pay debuted almost 10 years ago to the day, and Apple is marking the occasion by rolling out some features it revealed at WWDC. If you have iOS 18 or iPadOS 18 installed on your iPhone or iPad, you’ll now be able to use the payment service on third-party browsers on those devices, as well as desktop computers. In the latter case, you’ll be asked to scan a QR code with your iPhone or iPad to complete the payment. However, Apple says the feature is only available in select markets.
It’ll be easier than ever to add supported cards to Apple Wallet on your iPhone. Thanks to the Tap to Provision feature, you can simply tap an eligible NFC-enabled card to the back of your phone, though you may have to enter the security code manually. Again, though, Tap to Provision isn’t available everywhere.
Apple is bringing more third-party buy now, pay later (BNPL) services to Apple Pay. This starts with the ability to check out with Klarna in the US and UK. The company will add more installment payment options in the future, including Citi, Synchrony and eligible Apple Pay issuers via Fiserv in the US. Klarna will also be available as an option in Canada at a later date. Apple discontinued its own Pay Later option earlier this year and it added Affirm as a BNPL option in the US last month.
Meanwhile, US Apple Pay users can redeem rewards on eligible Discover credit cards at checkout. Support for rewards from other issuers and in more countries is on the way.
Update October 18, 8:48AM ET: This story previously indicated that Apple was starting to add third-party BNPL services with the integration of Klarna, but Affirm support was added last month.
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The AI edge in cybersecurity: Predictive tools aim to slash response times
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Modern cybersecurity professionals require advanced technologies to deter, detect and expel hackers, and the predictive benefits of AI can mean the difference between data protection and ruin.
The average cost of a data breach in the U.S. hit a high-water mark of $9.48 million in 2023. Losses have ticked up every year since 2013, even during the global health emergency of Covid-19 when many businesses shuttered. An analysis in IBM’s 2024 data breach report indicates that organizations that employed extensive AI security automation saved $2.22 million, while also lowering cybersecurity insurance.
Industry leaders would be well-served to think about cyberattacks outside the financial implications, as well. Should your organization pay a ransomware demand or right the ship after a crushing malware attack, the reputational damage can far outweigh the dollars. When hackers steal confidential, sensitive and personal identity information, those in your orbit are negatively impacted. Employees, customers and industry partners may file civil actions.
And, when word gets out that your enterprise cannot protect personal data, business can get eerily quiet. It’s not uncommon for an institution to file for bankruptcy within one year of a significant breach of trust. Fortunately, AI cybersecurity can harden your defenses and make cybercriminals look elsewhere for low-hanging fruit.
What role does AI play in cybersecurity?
There are wide-reaching benefits to integrating AI into an operation’s cybersecurity posture. The lengthy list, which we’ll briefly cover here, does have one central theme — reaction time. The bedrock of the thought leadership behind using AI in the data protection sector involves reducing how long it would otherwise take to detect and expel hackers.
The role AI plays in today’s lightning-quick hacking landscape can determine whether companies suffer stinging losses and hiccups or walk away unscathed. When you consider how fast a sophisticated cybercriminal can work, it’s abundantly clear why time is on the bad guys’ side unless we do something about it.
- Ransomware attacks: These hacks usually take 4 hours, but advanced persistent threats can take over a business network in 45 minutes. Ransomware attacks occur every 11 seconds.
- Phishing emails: Almost 30% of all phishing emails are opened by their recipients. These malware-laced communications account for 91% of all cyberattacks.
- Malware deployment: Hackers deploy malware at a rate of 11.5 attacks per minute.
The average hacker needs only 9.5 hours to pilfer off valuable and sensitive digital assets. Cybercriminals can operate with impunity if no one is monitoring activity while the business is closed and staff are fast asleep. Operations without AI, machine learning (ML) and other advanced technologies typically average 197 days to notice a breach and another 67 days to contain it. Hackers are more than happy to hide in plain sight and copy incoming data until you expel them.
The benefits of using predictive AI technology
The fundamental element of AI in cybersecurity may be its time management effectiveness. It’s important to understand how this forward-looking technology benefits an organization’s overall cyber hygiene. Here are some ways AI delivers quantitative and qualitative data security benefits.
Advanced threat detection
The ability of AI to sift through massive amounts of data seemingly at light speed cannot be matched by human beings. Programmed to learn and identify even subtle anomalies in network traffic, user activity and system logs can make it difficult for hackers to go undetected. Generating a real-time and ongoing analysis of wide-reaching movement, anything that deviates from predictive patterns gets flagged. A cybercriminal or deployed malicious software triggers an immediate threat detection alert. The most skilled perpetrator could not get the 45 minutes needed to effectively insert a ransomware file.
Behavioral analytics
To say that AI exceeds expectations in terms of behavioral analytics would be something of an understatement. ML, largely a sub-category of AI, involves following and understanding consistent patterns. For example, a legitimate network user enters a username, password, then a two-factor authentication code. Once inside the system, staff members carry out relatively consistent tasks. That means they open the same programs, access similar data and perform these duties in a uniform manner.
When a hacker orchestrates an attack, the digital burglar isn’t interested in filing incident reports or tabulating inventory. Cybercriminals head for valuable and confidential information that can be sold on the dark web. Because AI and ML follow the behaviors of users — sometimes down to keyboard strokes — alarms are triggered, and prompt actions are taken to confine and expel the threat.
Reduce fault threat alerst
Before organizations started adopting AI and ML, responding to false alarms seemed like the cost of doing business. That’s largely because the alternative was not knowing when a genuine threat was in progress. In terms of efficiency, pre-AI threat detection was a lot like a fire department responding to dozens of alarms being set off by overly sensitive heat detectors.
The rise of AI has been a game changer in terms of decreasing false alarms and reducing the time managed IT and security officers spend vetting each and every one. As technology adapts to common false positives and learns to distinguish between low-level and heightened irregularities, cybersecurity professionals spend fewer wasted hours.
Non-stop threat monitoring and learning
Although people and most machines require downtime, AI works relentlessly to identify abnormalities. During this never-ending process, technology continues to accumulate actionable information. It can adapt to changes in the digital landscape and be reconfigured to assess new norms. The alternative to AI would be hiring a full-time staff and checking systems activities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For many organizations, the cost of non-stop threat monitoring can prove prohibitive.
Getting comfortable with AI automated incident response
One of the processes that AI delivers involves automated threat responses. Not every business director feels comfortable allowing technology to push back on threats, be they malware, ransomware or a human attempting a blunt-force attack. There’s a certain loss of control that accompanies letting the so-called “machines take over.” But automated incident responses may actually be in your best interest.
Industry leaders can choose their comfort level regarding which threats are handled by the technology and which get elevated for a real person’s attention. Low-level threats are typically managed by AI, and it’s commonplace to have AI start the threat containment efforts while security professionals respond to an alert. These rank among the benefits companies gain from automating varying incident responses.
- Speed and efficiency: Pre-determined responses to emerging threats happen immediately. The speed at which AI can address these issues helps efficiently mitigate risk.
- Minimize human error: The majority of successful data breaches can be traced back to human error. Technologies such as AI and others carry out the procedures and duties assigned to them. You can’t trick AI into allowing users to access data deemed off-limits.
Integrating AI and ML may be one of the most cost-effective ways to harden your cybersecurity position. It does the work of dozens of humans faster and more efficiently without logging overtime hours. Adaptable to wide-reaching networks and architectures such as zero trust, its ability to sift through massive amounts of data, identify patterns and constantly learn makes it invaluable in risk management. When a threat actor finds a way into your network or an insider attempts to steal a trade secret, they cannot escape AI’s watchful eye.
John Funk is a creative consultant at SevenAtoms.
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Crypto PAC Fairshake targets close House races as election nears end
“Make Bitcoin Great Again” hats displayed for sale at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Former US President Trump used to be a crypto critic but in recent weeks adopted a much friendlier stance alongside the sector’s emergence as an influential player in the 2024 presidential election through big donations to a political action committee.
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With the 2024 election hitting its homestretch, the leading pro-crypto super PAC has funneled a big chunk of its final donations to close House races as part of an effort to push candidates favorable to the group’s agenda over the top.
Fairshake, which has been one of the top spenders across any industry this election cycle, doled out nearly $29 million in September, according to Federal Election commission data released to the public on Sunday. Of that sum, $20 million went to two affiliated PACs — $15 million to the Defend American Jobs PAC, a single-issue committee focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain policy that’s favored Republicans, and $5 million to Protect Progress, which has only supported Democrats.
The remaining $8.8 million spent by Fairshake last month mostly went to House races in New York, Nevada and California, according to FEC data compiled by crypto market and blockchain analyst James Delmore and verified by CNBC.
Several of those races are considered toss-ups by the Cook Political Report. Among the recipients were Southern California Republicans David G. Valadao and Michael Garcia, who are both in tights contests to keep their seats. They’ve received $1.3 million and $1 million, respectively.
“The Fairshake donations to the California candidates in toss-up districts are important not only to get pro-crypto candidates elected in House seats that could go either way, but also because a lot of crypto companies are still located in California,” Delmore said. “California needs all of the pro-crypto politicians they can get.”
Additionally, Fairshake gave more than $1.9 million to Rep. Patrick Ryan (D-NY), over $1.7 million to Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and almost $1 million to Rep. Angela Dawn Craig (D-Minn.). The remaining cash went to a mix of candidates in Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, Iowa and Arkansas.
Of the House donations, $6.2 million went to Democratic candidates and $2.3 million to Republicans. In the September window, Protect Progress gave more than $10 million apiece to Democrats running for Senate in Arizona and Michigan.
For the 2024 cycle, political donations from or supporting the crypto industry reached around $190 million, with contributions coming from some of the biggest names in the sector. A report from Public Citizen in August found that crypto companies have accounted for nearly half of all donations made by corporations this election cycle.
Crypto groups have spent over $130 million in congressional races for this year’s election, including the primaries, according to FEC data.
Delmore told CNBC that donations to Fairshake have been tepid the last few months.
In September, the group added around $1.1 million, with $800,000 coming from crypto firm Consensys, which was sued by the SEC in June, and $1,000 from Moonsong Labs CEO Derek Yoo.
In total, Fairshake has raised more than $160 million and disbursed over $37 million to support House candidates and to run ads opposing Democrat Katie Porter, who lost in the California Senate primary. More than $84 million was transferred to Fairshake’s affiliate PACs.
WATCH: Crypto PAC money backs Utah Senate candidate and others across U.S.
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Elon Musk is offering people $1 million to vote
Tech billionaire Elon Musk gave a $1 million check to an audience member at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he’s been Trump-stumping, on Saturday. And he said he will continue to give that prize to one random voter per day until the Presidential election on November 5th. The move could very well break US election law.
Only people who have signed a petition from Musk’s America PAC are eligible for the sweepstakes-style offer. And only registered voters are eligible to sign the petition. According to its terms, Musk will give $1 million to someone in Pittsburgh today, but will later expand to anyone living in swing states like Georgia, Nevada, or Arizona.
It’s against federal law to impel anyone to vote or get registered to vote and Musk’s $1 million prizes are “clearly illegal,” writes UCLA political science professor Rick Hasen in his Election Law Blog. He cites 52 USC 10307 (c), which states that anyone who “pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting” can potentially see $10,000 in fines or five years in prison. There are also other legally dubious aspects of the pledge, include bonuses for signers and for getting others to sign it.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said on Meet the Press this morning that the offer is “deeply concerning.” He stopped short of calling it illegal, stating that he’s no longer the state’s Attorney General, but said the ploy is “something that law enforcement can take a look at.”
Hasen told NBC News that the fact the petition is only open to registered voters may be what puts it over the top. Federal authorities can either prosecute Musk or warn him to stop the scheme, he said. The US Department of Justice would have to charge him with violating the law in federal court; a federal agency or private party could also file a civil lawsuit.
Either one of these would take time. Musk could be trusting that Trump, who has pardoned allies and is unlikely to let the DOJ punish a major donor, will win and make the legal questions irrelevant. Even if the former President doesn’t win, Musk already has a track record of flouting regulation with few consequences in the US. But conversely, it’s an open question how much Musk’s sweepstakes will help Trump — and whether it can make up for rumored weaknesses in the candidate’s traditional campaign ground game.
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