Microsoft reveals new solution to identify and catch ransomware attacks

Microsoft’s Windows operating system comes with a powerful antivirus and malware protection, in the form of Microsoft Defender. The software has grown to become a capable security service for desktop computers. However, over the past few years, new threats such as ransomware have emerged, taking several companies by surprise. And these ransomware attacks have defied solution till now. But, online services from various companies are now adapting their software services to better detect ransomware attacks ahead of time. Microsoft has now unveiled a new machine learning (ML) based ransomware protection system for customers who are on its Azure platform.