[Funding alert] SaaS Platform Brightside AI is Secures $1 Million from Social Links

Between 80 and 90 percent of cyberattacks are still the result of human error, and a staggering 96 percent of social engineering attempts start via email.

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Social Links is an OSINT platform that helps businesses participate in open data management by processing data from more than 500 public sources to greatly speed up data-centric tasks.

As part of the collaboration, Brightside will get five years of access to the Social Links platform, which it will use to train LLM models of its AI-powered human data search engine using real-world cases, so increasing their efficacy.

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Andrey Suzdaltsev, CEO and co-founder of Brightside AI, detailed: “Phishing attacks are up 47% in 2022 compared to 2021, and the advent of ChatGPT has personalised these threats and taken hackers' capabilities to a new level. Phishing is like marketing. The more data the attacker has on a victim, the better he can target and convert with his fraudulent message. Using Social Links OSINT infrastructure, Brightside will be able to show its users with up to 100% accuracy what threats their digital footprint poses to their security. We're excited about our strategic partnership with Social Links because it enables us to enhance our solution and, at the same time, allows us to apply the SL offering (or API) to the cybersecurity market in a unique way".

Ivan Shkvarun, co-founder of Social Links shared: “We are investing $1M in Brightside's infrastructure because it offers a powerful and innovative solution to combat the problem of human error in cybersecurity. Reducing human error is essential because no one can guarantee zero risk of cyberattacks, especially in a scenario where new AI phishing developments are on the rise and present a major threat to online security. That's why we're not only investing in Brightside's infrastructure but also supporting it with our data extraction solutions from more than 500 open sources. We understand the significance of harnessing technology to make a safer world.”

About Brightside AI

They are Brightside AI, a cybersecurity firm based in Switzerland that assists companies in defending from AI assaults that are tailored to each individual employee and informing staff members about possible hazards in the real world.

About Social Links

With its headquarters located in the US, Social Links is a global OSINT (open source intelligence) company offering cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) products to investigators and security professionals.

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They offer both on-premise solutions for national security and enterprises with security operation centres (SL Private Platform) and open-source data intelligence solutions for Maltego and i2 (SL Professional).