Why vulnerability scanners aren’t enough to prevent a ransomware attack on your business

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Vulnerability scanners are still essential tools for defenders protecting enterprise and government networks. But given the rapidly increasing complexity of today’s cyber threat landscape, these scanners are not enough to win the fight against an increasingly overwhelming volume of vulnerability alerts. Three specific drivers have made vulnerability scanners obsolete as standalone security tools in the contemporary threat landscape: 1. Ransomware attackers should be called “threat debt collectors” Skybox Research Lab reported the discovery of 9,444 … More →

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