Microsoft Says Defender Can Stop Ransomware In 128 Seconds—Here’s How

With the business media and many so-called cybersecurity thought leaders focusing on AI-powered breaches these days, you might be forgiven for thinking the ransomware threat is a thing of the past. You would be very wrong indeed, however, as newly published reports have confirmed. Reported ransomware incidents have risen year-on-year, with attackers increasingly using AI to automate and scale, IBM said. Meanwhile, BlackFog has confirmed that attacks targeting the service sector have increased by 221% from Q1 to Q2 this year. Anything that can give your organization the edge in fighting off the threat, therefore, is worth investigating. And Microsoft has just published a claim that a new response action within Defender can extend “autonomous protection directly to compromised endpoints” and halt a ransomware attack chain before a second-stage payload establishes persistence or moves beyond the…