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And as an industry, we claim we are completely helpless against ransomware. We create all kinds of organizations and alliances such as FIDO and ICANN. Against ransomware, complete silence.
this is a great representation of how clueless the security industry is. the made up dimensions on this analysis are great for tech illiterate middle managers. while anyone with a brain known that script kiddies just execute a vuln scanner and only care to filter .mil and .ru targets. what country or industry? please. they barely will look at the country to give a discount on the ransom if it's too poor. you can make…
Why they're the very fellows signing the cheques to the:
>clueless ... security industry
And as an industry, we claim we are completely helpless against ransomware. We create all kinds of organizations and alliances such as FIDO and ICANN. Against ransomware, complete silence.
The only problem is when people build storage on ancient filesystems that don't support low-cost snapshots.
And as an industry, we claim we are completely helpless against ransomware. We create all kinds of organizations and alliances such as FIDO and ICANN. Against ransomware, complete silence.
Ransomware as most people imagine it is a solved problem. After a close call, my employer invested in ZFS-backed storage. Our recovery time for recovery from accidental deletion went from "days of copying from offsite backups" to just minutes. The only problem is when people build storage on ancient filesystems that don't support low-cost snapshots.
Which is to say, a conventional ransom: "pay us to restore your un-backed-up files".
But if the attacker has already exfiltrated your files to machines you don't control, and the ransom is "pay or we'll publish", then you'll need more than a modern filesystem to prevent this.
And as an industry, we claim we are completely helpless against ransomware. We create all kinds of organizations and alliances such as FIDO and ICANN. Against ransomware, complete silence.
Ransomware as most people imagine it is a solved problem. After a close call, my employer invested in ZFS-backed storage. Our recovery time for recovery from accidental deletion went from "days of copying from offsite backups" to just minutes. The only problem is when people build storage on ancient filesystems that don't support low-cost snapshots.
https://www.comparitech.com/news/cybercriminals-say-they-hac...