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Ransomware crews don't care about your endpoint security they killed it

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Re: Ransomware crews don't care about your endpoint security they killed it

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree in a theoretical way. But in the real world corporations don't have skilled infosec/cyber people and they wouldn't even know how to find them [1]. So they end up with incompetent departments imposing ridiculous limitations for theater. And these worsen end user aversion to security. Younger generations care less and less about security and privacy. And the growing corporate disdain of employees (in particular…

Training can help to reduce failures, but it can never prevent failures, because even at the minimum, human err at scale is guaranteed. If a monkey randomly types on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time, it will eventually produce any given text, including ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶S̶h̶a̶k̶e̶s̶p̶e̶a̶r̶e̶.̶ opening a ransomware attachment

> Training can help to reduce failures, but it can never prevent failures, because even at the minimum, human err at scale is guaranteed

Sure,and indeed the goal is to have better security, not prefect security. If you look for the perfect solution, you will never find it.

Re: Ransomware crews don't care about your endpoint security they killed it

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While it's still a good idea for companies to have an endpoint protection software on their employees' machines, they should also invest in educating them. Users are the first line of defense, and knowing what you're doing and being careful is the best antivirus. No software can change this.

Unfortunately, the number of users that engage mindfully with SAT is a very small percentage.

A better solution is to demand better from software companies. People deal with so much Microsoft ux/quality abuse on this planet like it’s how its supposed to be it’s astonishing. And quality elsewhere isn’t increasing, certainly.

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