Intel is bringing ransomware protection to its new 11th Gen Core vPro mobile processors with the goal of strengthening security and visibility at the hardware level without disrupting the user experience.
The Intel vPro platform is an enterprise offering built to include new technologies that businesses and employees need, including security tools and higher performance. Its new vPro processors and platform updates aim to provide application, data, and lower-level security protections that sit below the operating system and defend against ransomware attacks plaguing organizations.
"Ransomware has been the bane of cybersecurity for a long time now — a couple of years at least — and we're seeing a constant evolution," says Cybereason CTO Yonatan Striem-Amit.
Attacks are growing in number and complexity as operators find new ways to evade detection. In the last couple of years, he says, more attackers have adopted the dual-extortion technique in which they demand ransom payment and even if they receive it, publish stolen information. Many ransomware strains have evolved to bypass traditional signature and behavioral-based detection; some new variants hide themselves in virtual machines to avoid antivirus software.
"We have seen the market adapt to this change, with ransomware defense evolving from signature-based prevention, to the use of deception techniques, to behavioral detection for more sophisticated variants," says Forrester analyst Allie Mellen regarding the response of businesses.
Typical ransomware defenses focus on improving security through steps like anti-phishing, backups, and other proactive methods, says Michael Nordquist, senior director of strategic planning and architecture in Intel's Business Client Group. Full-stack protection, above and below the opera ..
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