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Ransomware: Economics for Defenders

The recent rash of ransomware incidents has been linked to the availability of crypto-currencies – as a way that victims can pay ransoms to anonymous attackers – so Trend Micro reviewed the economic models for ransomware and, among many other aspects, whether changes in the crypto-currency world might have knock-on effects. Their conclusions are mixed: […]

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Ransomware: an emotional experience

Tony Kirtley’s FIRST conference talk (video) explored how the Kubler-Ross model of grieving can help understand the emotional effects of a ransomware attack, both to avoid negative consequences and, where possible, to use natural emotions to support positive responses: Denial: in a ransomware attack, denial should be short-lived, as the nature of the problem will […]

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Does the AI Act allow automated network defence?

In response to my posts about the relevance of the draft EU AI Act to automated network management one concern was raised: would falling within scope of this law slow down our response to attacks? From the text of the Act, I was pretty sure it wouldn’t, so I’m grateful to Lilian Edwards for the […]