Machine Learning Security Principles

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Leveraging Machine Learning for Hacking

When it comes to any sort of enforcement or security concern, it often helps to take the adversary’s point of view. That’s what this chapter does, to an extent. You won’t see any actual exploit code (which would be unethical, this isn’t a junior guide to a hacker’s paradise after all), but you will encounter methods that hackers use to employ machine learning (ML) to do things such as bypass Captcha and harvest information. Discovering the techniques used can greatly aid in your own security efforts.

The chapter also reviews some of the methods used to mitigate ML attacks by hackers by taking the hacker’s eye-view of things. This approach differs from previous chapters in that you’re no longer looking ...