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Microsoft says ransomware attacks are up 2.75 times compared to last year, but claims defenses are actually working better than ever. Ransomware continues to be a popular method among cybercrims given how lucrative a single success can be. However, according to data from today's Microsoft Digital Defense Report (MDDR), the …

  1. NoneSuch Silver badge
    Alert

    Just like the Chinese Communist Party, Ransomware only has to succeed getting past your defenses once.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      I thought that was what the Irish Rowing Association (who we now know are purely a peaceful cultural group that happen to enjoy wearing balaclavas) said about Thatcher ?

  2. ecofeco Silver badge
    Pirate

    And the hits...

    ,...just keep on coming!

  3. IGotOut Silver badge

    Great advice.

    "Individuals should monitor their online footprint to see what information is publicly available about them that a threat actor could use to impersonate them.""

    Please can the whole world take their advice and shut their LinkedIn accounts down and stop using MS data stealing software.

    Pretty sure that's what they just said

  4. klh

    Maybe MS should stop calling SMS a real 2FA solution.

    Passkeys are still software, while they might be better than passwords since they can't be easily phished or written down on a post-it, they don't replace real 2FA (not to mention they can't be transferred between vendors yet, so a nice way for MS to make sure you keep using Edge)

    1. Sora2566 Silver badge

      *nice way for MS to make sure you keep using Windows

      Passkeys aren't browser-specific, they're stored in the OS. So it's the OS (Android, iOS/MacOS, Windows) they lock people into, not the browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox).

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