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Ransomware is Not the Problem

Arbitrarily powerful software -- applications, operating systems -- is a problem, as is preventing it from running on enterprise systems.
There's an infinite number of studies of ransomware lately, all breathlessly talking about how to fight this dangerous threat. They're all dangerously wrong. Ransomware is not the problem.

I'm being intentionally provocative in my latest Dark Reading Column