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Anyway it made me think: is there a way to roll your own EDR for Windows/Linux/BSD? Basically, can we do EDR without the EDR software?
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I would really hope my organization doesn't start blanket banning excel macros for "security". It'll be a huge blow to productivity for several.
Draconian bans probably aren't the best way to achieve it, but if it's productivity your org wants they should concentrate on migrating those workflows out of Excel ASAP.
There's a reason companies use excel.
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The problem is: how do you run a business that has offices and physical assets in Russia, without being at least partially beholden to the Russian government? They have demonstrated that they are not shy about using gangster tactics. One could say that the same is true in the US, but I believe the degree matters. Although the US government and intelligence agencies will and do try to overreach, there is a strong lega…
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Is there any point in using antivirus these days anyway? I'm open to being wrong here, but I'm under the impression that antivirus exists only to tick boxes in outdated security compliance checklists. How big of a threat are viruses compared to, say, rogue antivirus products themselves?
Our bog-standard business ultrabooks have been requested to perform a full disk scan each Friday. Which means their CPUs and Fans are running solid, most all Fridays. I'm CERTAIN there are massive hidden costs in fan replacement and Laptop repairs and nothing useful discovered as a result.
What would you all suggest? Aside from McAfee, Norton and of course Kaspersky. I'm all ears. Some helpful hints though might be:
1. I don't want it giving me pop-ups constantly to remind me of a sale they are having.
2. It can't interfere with legitimate programs more than once in a blue moon.
3. It has be capable of being run with other security software at the same time without incurring an infraction against #2.
4. It has to cost less than 100$ per year, if there has to be payment at all.
I'm asking this because I need a reliable choice to use when suggesting to my potential customers out there. I have some go to's that I used to use, but with everything the way it is right now; I want some input.
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As a US citizen you still have some semblance of rights under the constitution that dictate what the government can do.
Snowden's leaks showed that the NSA was simply ignoring the 4th Amendment, and that the secret FISA court was letting the NSA do so. Theoretically, the Constitution protects you. In reality, the intelligence community acts largely in secret, and there's very little preventing them from violating the Bill of Rights. Citizens don't even know what rights they've given up until someone like Snowden spills the beans.
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It’s a thing in big orgs, where macros are enabled in excel and employees can be tricked into opening mail attachments. Windows defender should suffice, but like you said, from a compliance/insurance perspective it may me valuable to say “look, we scanned for signatures according to the latest knowledge of [insert vendor]”. Personally I think that it’s ridiculous that these huge orgs fail to address the actual underl…
I would really hope my organization doesn't start blanket banning excel macros for "security". It'll be a huge blow to productivity for several.
Telegram is next?
Probably not but McAfee should be added just because it sucks so much.
So... let's say a person still wanted to use an Antivirus product anyways, despite not really trusting them due to reasons like this article here; or anything you can say about Norton, etc, etc. What would you all suggest? Aside from McAfee, Norton and of course Kaspersky. I'm all ears. Some helpful hints though might be: 1. I don't want it giving me pop-ups constantly to remind me of a sale they are having. 2. It ca…
So... let's say a person still wanted to use an Antivirus product anyways, despite not really trusting them due to reasons like this article here; or anything you can say about Norton, etc, etc. What would you all suggest? Aside from McAfee, Norton and of course Kaspersky. I'm all ears. Some helpful hints though might be: 1. I don't want it giving me pop-ups constantly to remind me of a sale they are having. 2. It ca…
See: https://0ut3r.space/2022/03/06/windows-defender/ and recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30580444