Whitelisting is Effective, but Automating is a Must… With cyber security threats growing, businesses must take a proactive approach to their data and device security. According to SC Magazine, there is one methodology that has been proven to be effective in blocking modern cyber threats, including ransomware. “According to numerous resources on ransomware, one strong and […]
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Microsoft has released plans to end support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. What Does this Mean? The end of life (EOL) of Windows 7 means Microsoft will no longer provide any security patches, software updates, or customer support to Windows 7 operating system (OS) users. Fortunately, users have plenty of time to update
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Hackers Find Loopholes to Infect Android Devices Hackers have been getting better and better at avoiding detection by traditional antivirus methods. However, now in an attempt to infect mobile devices through the Google Play Store, cyber criminals have gone beyond their traditional means of avoidance. With traditional blacklist antivirus solutions, hackers just need to develop
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The Public – Completely Desensitized to Breaches Over the weekend, I came across this article, How to Stop Worrying About Every “Mega” Password Breach That Comes Along. Now, to be fair, if users actually read the article — it’s not as bad as the title depicts. But in a world where people read titles and maybe a
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Another Year, Another Breach — and this one is major… It’s January 18, 2019 — not even a full month into a new year, and a major data breach has been reported, exposing a total of 2.7 billion different email and password combinations. The data set breached, deemed “Collection #1”, includes over 772 million email
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With the U.S. government shutdown in its 25th day, additional repercussions have surfaced which may hinder the public’s cyber security. Due to the shutdown of the U.S. government, all nonessential government tasks are being foregone, including the renewal of TLS certificates. TLS certificates are used by any website that communicates over an encrypted HTTPS connection. This
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Ryuk, the latest ransomware variant that has taken the world by storm, has been targeting victims that promise big paydays. This is the same ransomware strain that hit Tribune Publishing in December of 2018, leaving the distribution of multiple major newspapers, like the L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune, at a standstill. This is just one
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Ransomware Infection Encrypted and Altered Medical Files An unknown ransomware variant recently infiltrated the Podiatric Offices of Bobby Yee, located in Salinas, California. Unlike traditional ransomware infections, hackers took the cyber attack to further extremes by not only encrypting files but also potentially altering them. Some of the altered data included patient names, social security numbers,
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2018 Was a Year of Breaches — And It Likely Won’t Get Better Whether we admit it or not, breaches have become an expectation in today’s society. So much so, Fox News Channel 16 reported it is one of the three certainties of life, along with death and taxes. Somber note — but honestly rather
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Cape Cod School Loses Close to $1M in Malicious Email Scam This year ended poorly for Cape Cod Community School when they fell victim to a phishing attack. An email was distributed throughout the school that was disguised as content from another educational institution. It was because of how the email was disguised, that staff
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