Security News > 2018 > March > Organizations blame legacy antivirus protection for failed ransomware prevention

More than half (53 percent) of U.S. organizations that were infected with ransomware blamed legacy antivirus protection for failing to prevent the attack, according to SentinelOne. Nearly 7 out of 10 of these companies have replaced legacy AV with next-gen endpoint protection to prevent future ransomware infections. AV fails to foil ransomware Behind employee carelessness as the primary cause (56 percent blamed this), failed legacy AV protection is viewed as the leading factor in successful … More → The post Organizations blame legacy antivirus protection for failed ransomware prevention appeared first on Help Net Security.

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