Microsoft’s latest desktop operating system release, which started rolling out to users in early August in the form of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, is packing improved ransomware resilience, the Redmond-based tech giant says.
Numerous new ransomware variants have emerged over the past 12 months alone, swith popular threats including Locky, CryptXXX, and Cerber, which target Windows, and Microsoft appears determined to tackle them at the OS level. Other platforms aren’t safe from ransomware either, as variants such as Linux.Encoder, KeRanger, and Lockdroid have shown.
