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IBM says their latest AI-enhanced storage platform can identify ransomware in under a minute (www.techspot.com)
submitted 11 months ago by umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Am I too pessimistic about this? Today it can detect ransomware, the next day could be malware, and the day after can be any file.

It's just a data filter that's build in to a hardware and possibly no way to trun off. Last thing I want is a black box watching what I stored on my drive.

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[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

False positives everywhere

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just to play devil's advocate here: if that system can scan better than current systems, it's already a win. If that system can scan more efficiently than current systems, even with false positives, that could be a win, if used as a screening layer.

There could be use cases for this, or it's just buzzwords and marketing.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This doesn't sound any different than what most host based AV already do. The novel idea is implementing it in on the storage array directly in a way that doesn't hose performance. That means instead of needing 100% coverage of all clients to detect/ prevent ransomware encrypting your network storage, the storage array can detect it and presumably reject the compromised client.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

No change then. Every time I've uploaded new encrypted (most) data to one drive, it's emailed me about potential ransomware.

[–] halva@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

buzzword, buzzword, buzzword

[–] InfCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Marketing will love this

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago

Color me skeptical on this one. Quarantining files isn't a case where I want AI's tendency to make shit up when confused.

[–] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I can identify a lot of things in a minute.

Doesn’t mean I’m not a bullshitter.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

IBM is coasting on name recognition.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

I only want open source file scanning, otherwise it is certainly also scanning for pirated files, illegal files, etc, and reporting them to the government without my consent.

[–] mspencer712@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah a bit. IBM QRadar is alright. I’m confident there’s something real (and real expensive) underneath the buzzword salad in that article.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IBM Watson AI

Warning, User. Ransomware has been detected!

Choose corrective action: Delete data or pay the scammer?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Delete, pay scammer, or pay us. We offer you 10% off what the scammer is charging if you sign up for our monthly anti scammer subscription.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 0 points 11 months ago

Who apart from legacy banks buys IBM? LOL 🤣