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Malware delivered to email accounts rose 196% in 2021 year on year, according to cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which warns that email remains a major avenue for criminals looking to deliver malware and phish account credentials.

Ransomware threats delivered through email declined in 2021 due to attackers shifting from mass campaigns with small demands aimed at individuals to highly targeted efforts involving larger ransom sums to decrypt files.

Trends in business email compromise (BEC) are ambiguous. According to Trend Micro, BEC detections decreased by 10.61% year on year. But the FBI says BEC cost businesses $2.4 billion in 2021, which is up from $1.8 billion in 2020.

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Your email is a major source of security risks and it's getting worse Criminals still like using email to phish credentials but ransomware delivered by email has tapered off. Malware delivered to email accounts rose 196% in

Ransomware as a service (RaaS) is also now a standalone and popular criminal business. Operators can purchase access to ransomware for use in their campaigns, whether they are targeting the general public en masse or going after 'Big Game' enterprise companies.

Microsoft is focused on disrupting the earliest stages of a ransomware attack with AI enhancements for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. In what the company calls "early incrimination," machine learning (ML) algorithms are being developed to determine "malicious intent" in files, processes, user accounts, and devices.

Three sets of AI-generated inputs have been developed in the cybersecurity solution, which independently generates a risk score determining whether an entity is likely involved in an active ransomware attack:

Time-based and statistical analysis of security alerts at the organizational level
Graph-based aggregation of suspicious events across devices
Device-based monitoring to flag suspicious activities

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How Microsoft's AI spots ransomware attacks before they even get started Microsoft is targeting human-operated ransomware operations. Microsoft has revealed how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are used in the fight

Chrome OS Flex could be a saving grace for businesses attempting to operate with a mixed fleet of older Mac or PCs and newer Chromebooks. Those aging systems could not only be given new life running Chrome OS Flex but with Chrome Enterprise Upgrade, they can be managed within the same Google Admin console as newer Chrome OS devices. It would also be much easier to move everything over from Flex to a new Chromebook when it’s time for a hardware upgrade.

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Google's New Chrome OS Flex Will Rescue Your Old PC or Mac Google today announced a new operating system, Chrome OS Flex, a free-to-use, cloud-based OS built to convert old PCs or Macs into Chromebooks. The

Memory is essential for your computer to function normally. If you don’t have enough RAM, your computer will perform poorly. Sometimes a problem known as a memory leak can result in your computer “running out” of RAM, even if you have a powerful machine.

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What Is a Memory Leak, and What Can You Do About It? Memory is essential for your computer to function normally. If you don’t have enough RAM, your computer will perform poorly. Sometimes a problem

There are countless factors that can affect the performance of a home’s wifi network, from building materials to running appliances to the location of the devices trying to connect to it. TP-Link’s solution to that last problem is a new Wi-Fi 6E router with four motorized antennas that independently move and rotate to automatically provide the strongest signal possible to devices as they move around your home.

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TP-Link's New Wifi 6E Router Uses Motorized Antennas That Self-Adjust as Devices Move Around Your Home It's a unique alternative to mesh wifi that provides targeted signals to device hot spots in your house. There are countless factors that can affect the