No payment necessary: Fighting back against ransomware

January 23, 2017 admin Advanced persistent threats, antimalware, Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Coordinated Malware Eradication, enterprise software security, malware research, microsoft, Microsoft Edge, MMPC, Product features and announcements, ransomware, research, Windows 10, Windows Defender, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender for Windows 10

Any IT professional who’s ever had an experience with malware knows how fast an intrusive attack can happen, and how difficult it can be to educate employees to be vigilant against such threats. And with ransomware attacks only growing, having information, tools and technologies to help protect your network can mean the difference between serious business disruption and business as usual.

Those of us in the Microsoft Malware Protection Center are constantly on the hunt for new malware variants, and working to improve Microsoft’s security-oriented technology to block them from reaching our customers.

In that vein, we just released a new white paper that details a full set of technologies Microsoft has developed or enhanced to provide Windows customers with an array of protection options.

Please check out the Windows Business blog from Rob Lefferts “Defending against ransomware with Windows 10 Anniversary Update“, which offers an overview of those protections. You can also read the full white paper “Ransomware protection in Windows 10 Anniversary Update (PDF).

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