7/27/2023 0 Comments Retrospect client 7![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Retrospect Mac’s GUI is in a separate Console, which has long had an Allow _ Activity Threads preference setting that tells the Engine to limit concurrent script operations to a number that a customer’s “backup server”-often an old Mac-can handle. The implementation of one of those feature restrictions-the limitation of Solo and Desktop Edition “backup servers” to 2 and 4 concurrent script operations respectively per “Retrospect Backup: Compare Editions”-has resulted in a Version 18 bug that remains unfixed 9 months after customers reported it in Retrospect’s Mac Bug Reports sub-sub-forum. Part of that de-facto price increase is the restriction of features in the Solo and Desktop Editions, intended to make customers upgrade to the $549 Single Server 5 Edition-or $799 Single Server 20 Edition to continue tape backup. That’s the least part of a general Retrospect Version 18 de-facto price increase, which appears to have been motivated by StorCentric’s Drobo subsidiary being temporarily unable to deliver its hardware product because of supply chain disruptions. ![]() However file-name prefixing is another possible method of flagging, but in any case IMHO a ransomware application that has been adapted for pure sabotage wouldn’t need to flag encrypted files.Ī problem with your “$119 for Desktop”, Agen Schmitz, is that the Desktop Edition price is really $159-because “All editions above Solo include Annual Support and Maintenance (ASM)” per Retrospect Backup 18 Licensing Changes. That seems as though it’d be a Windows-only anomaly, but such changes’ purpose is to flag a file that’s been encrypted so the ransomware won’t encrypt it again-which would make decryption when the ransom has been paid impossible. Currently Retrospect’s Anomaly Detection feature looks-in the Engine’s Compare phase-for updates to files that change their extensions. To see what I mean by “hurriedly”, read my posts from 20 February through 28 March in “Retrospect 13: a choice for backup of multiple drives to offsite rotation or cloud”-a thread I’ve maintained since 2015 in the Ars Technica Mac forum (I can’t remove the version number from the thread title after my 2016-when Retrospect cloud backup was announced-revision).Ī foundation of Retrospect is that its “backup server” Engine code has remained common to both its Mac and Windows variants since Fall 2009. And I think potential Russian sabotage was what motivated Retrospect “Inc.” to hurriedly release 18.5.2 on 15 February 2022. The exception is ThiefQuest / EvilQuest, which is as much an espionage/sabotage tool as a ransomware tool. #1655: 33 years of TidBITS, Twitter train wreck, tvOS 16.4.1, Apple Card Savings, Steve Jobs ebookĪ problem with your “it’s a Windows concern”, Adam Engst, is that the June 2020 MacWorld article you linked to in your 15 November 2021 issue cites examples of Mac ransomware that are mostly at least 5 years old.#1656: Passcode thieves lock iCloud accounts, the apps Adam uses, iPhoto and Aperture library conversion in Ventura.#1657: A deep dive into the innovative Arc Web browser.#1658: Rapid Security Responses, NYPD and industry standard AirTag news, Apple's Q2 2023 financials.#1659: Exposure notifications shut down, cookbook subscription service, alarm notification type proposal, Explain XKCD. ![]()
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