The best defense against ransomware has been comprehensive backup, but ExtraHop is introducing a way to capture files just before ransomware encrypts them, making it possible to restore them but without relying on the backups.

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A software upgrade to ExtraHop’s Ransomware Detection bundle picks up on precursors to ransomware encrypting files and captures them before the malware has the chance to encrypt.

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