Oh, *Great*. Google Thinks It Can Stop Ransomware Now.

Right, so Google’s cooked up another AI thingy – this time supposedly to detect ransomware before it actually encrypts your shit. Fantastic. They’re calling it “BackShield” or some other marketing fluff. Basically, it looks for weird behavior in backups, like changes happening *way* too fast, which is a clue someone’s probably messing with them.

But here’s the kicker – and you knew there would be one, didn’t you? It only works on Google Cloud customers. So if you aren’t already neck-deep in their ecosystem, tough luck. And even for those cloud users, it’s not a silver bullet. Sophisticated attackers can still bypass it by being… well, sophisticated. They can slow things down, use smaller changes, or just target systems BackShield doesn’t cover. It’s like putting a screen door on a submarine.

The article points out that this is more about *delaying* ransomware attacks, giving admins time to react. Which means it relies on admins actually being competent and paying attention – a massive assumption, frankly. It’s also only good at catching the really obvious stuff. It’s another layer of security, sure, but don’t go thinking you can now ignore basic cybersecurity practices because Google has magically solved everything. You absolute fools.

Honestly, it feels like they just needed a headline about AI doing *something* useful for once. Don’t fall for the hype. Backups are still king, patching is essential, and common sense isn’t as common as you’d think.

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/googles-latest-ai-ransomware-defense-only-goes-so-far/

Speaking of backups, I once had a user who thought “the cloud” was just another name for their desktop. They deleted the entire company database and were *shocked* when it wasn’t magically restored from… somewhere. Seriously. Some people shouldn’t be allowed near computers, let alone entrusted with important data. It makes me question the very fabric of reality.

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