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IBM says their latest AI-enhanced storage platform can identify ransomware in under a minute

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.

warmaster ,

IBM Watson AI

Warning, User.
Ransomware has been detected!

Choose corrective action: Delete data or pay the scammer?

PriorityMotif ,
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IBM is coasting on name recognition.

JackGreenEarth ,
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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.

dumpsterlid ,

I can identify a lot of things in a minute.

Doesn’t mean I’m not a bullshitter.

mannycalavera ,
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Who apart from legacy banks buys IBM? LOL 🤣

halva ,
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buzzword, buzzword, buzzword

InfCat ,

Marketing will love this

steal_your_face ,
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False positives everywhere

agressivelyPassive ,

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 ,

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 ,

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

MajorHavoc ,

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

mspencer712 ,

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

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