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To Thwart Ransomware, Microsofts Windows Gets New Defaults Limiting Brute-Force Password Guessing – ZDNet reports: Microsoft is rolling out a new security default for Windows 11 that will go a long way to preventing ransomware attacks that begin with password-guessing attacks and compromised credentials. The new account security default on account credentials should help thwart ransomware attacks that are initiated after using compromised …
