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Microsoft 365 Defender now automatically disrupts ransomware attacks, giving business customers — but not consumers, yet — a bit more peace of mind in avoiding ransomware. Microsoft made the ...
In order to successfully encrypt a victim's data, the Clop CryptoMix Ransomware is now attempting to disable Windows Defender as well as remove the Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes' ...
Windows admins were hit today by a wave of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint false positives where Office updates were tagged as malicious in alerts pointing to ransomware behavior detected on their ...
Microsoft has released two new Windows 11 previews to the Windows Insider Beta Channel with improvements to Defender for Endpoint's ransomware protections and other fixes. Microsoft's latest Windows ...
Ransomware attacks have been on the rise lately, and both organizations and consumers need to protect themselves as best they can before the problem worsens over time. As it turns out, one of the most ...
As per a news story by Bleeping Computer, Windows system admins have reported that there have been numerous false alerts after Microsoft Defender for Endpoint mistakenly tagged a new Office update as ...
LockBit 2.0 ransomware-as-a-service has upped its game. It can now encrypt networks via group policy updates. It can be automatically distributed through a Windows domain, with no scripts required.