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

https://www.techspot.com/news/102067-ibm-ai-enhanced-storage-platform-can-identify-ransomware.html

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 pts · 2y (3 replies)

False positives everywhere

agressivelyPassive@feddit.de · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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 pts · 2y
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WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

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 pts · 2y (1 reply)

buzzword, buzzword, buzzword

InfCat@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Marketing will love this

MajorHavoc@programming.dev · 8 pts · 2y

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 pts · 2y

I can identify a lot of things in a minute.

Doesn’t mean I’m not a bullshitter.

PriorityMotif@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

IBM is coasting on name recognition.

JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

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.

warmaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

IBM Watson AI

Warning, User. Ransomware has been detected!

Choose corrective action: Delete data or pay the scammer?

jaybone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

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.

mspencer712@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y

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

mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 2y

Who apart from legacy banks buys IBM? LOL 🤣