Samsam Ransomware Infected Thousands of LabCorp Systems Via Brute Force RDP

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LabCorp contained the attack within 50 minutes, says they’re at about 90-percent operational capacity It’s all over the news. Steve Ragan at CSO has the best “executive summary”: The Samsam ransomware attack on Labcorp, one of the largest clinical labs int he US, forced their systems offline, however they were able to contain the spread and prevent a data breech. In between detection and mitigation, thousands of systems and several hundred production servers where encrypted by the the ransomware. LabCorp disclosed the ransomware infection via an 8-K filing with the SEC, at which time the greater community began to hear about the infection on Monday. As recovery efforts continue, the…

How Does Machine Learning Work?

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How does machine learning work? This may not be one of life’s big questions. But the topic of machine learning is all the buzz in the artificial intelligence (AI) community these days. The idea that machines are actually learning might be news to you. And you might wonder how they do this without a brain. Yes, machines don’t have brains. Not like human brains, at least. But they are learning. So Then How Does Machine Learning Work? The notion of machines actually learning might be a little unnerving. Especially if you were raised on sci-fi books and movies. But machine learning is about as scary as a bobble head. It’s far more similar…