Exclusive: Google’s former ‘click fraud czar’ emerges from stealth with an on-device AI shield against AI-powered phishing, deepfakes, and other scams
Shuman Ghosemajumder made his name at Google as the “click fraud czar,” building the systems that kept cybercriminals from draining the company’s advertising business. He went on to be an early employee at Shape Security, a cybersecurity company whose software was designed to stop hackers from deploying bots using fake accounts or stolen usernames and passwords to commit fraud.
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Shuman Ghosemajumder made his name at Google as the “click fraud czar,” building the systems that kept cybercriminals from draining the company’s advertising business. He went on to be an early employee at Shape Security, a cybersecurity company whose software was designed to stop hackers from deploying bots using fake accounts or stolen usernames and passwords to commit fraud. F5 acquired the company for $1 billion in 2020.Now Ghosemajumder is back with a new startup that aims to take on what he calls the biggest security threat of the AI era: the collapse of trust in online communication. His company, Reken, is emerging from two years of stealth development today with an on-device AI security platform, as well as the first product for that platform, a phishing-and-fraud defense tool called Northstar.
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Exclusive: Google’s former ‘click fraud czar’ emerges from stealth with an on-device AI shield against AI-powered phishing, deepfakes, and other scams
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