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Slashdot aka “News for Nerds” is discussing this right now. Someone is getting a free ride — specifically, Microsoft. The news folks are reporting, “There were 3 more ransomware attacks today, totaling $50M” instead of “There were 3 more Windows ransomware attacks today, totaling $50M”. Microsoft’s stock isn’t tanking, they aren’t losing market share, and Congress isn’t interrogating anyone. This last item may not be such a bad thing, as Congress has no problems with lawyers writing their queries or doing the actual questioning for legal issues, but when it comes to tech, they believe because they know how to play Windows Solitaire, they can hold a technical inquiry.
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Unless & until Microsoft starts getting on the ball, then it’s left up to you, the business folks, to start cracking the whip. Go to Wikipedia and read up on, “electronic authentication”. If it doesn’t make sense, find someone who can understand it and translate it into English – and I’m not talking about your CIO or CTO. If your business is exposed, they’re part of the problem and will either tell you, “we’re fine” or … well, they aren’t going to tell you, “any day now, we’re going to walk in and find ourselves twisting in the breeze” are they? (They’re going to lie)
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What nFA (n-Factor Authentication) are you using? How current is your version of Windows? (the fact it would cost you an arm and a leg to frequently update it is no excuse) How often are things backed up? How many people have access to any userid/password? If someone has a job which only requires them to only have a browser open, all they have to do is click a bad link and you’re toast – put them on Apple or Linux…Are you running Avast? (it’s better than not)
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Unless & until Microsoft fixes Windows or until there’s a successful class action lawsuit against Microsoft…
To be clear, you are holding MSFT accountable for human error now?
The only real solution to fully resolve this is to go 100% AI and we all just sit at home while the computers do the work…
Wow that is a really uninformed take… You do not understand cyber security.