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Cyber Security Hygiene Affects Network and Endpoint Security with Application Whitelisting

Researchers Exploit Security Gaps in Medical Imaging Devices

Kayla Elliott / April 5, 2019

In an attempt to draw attention to the security gaps found in many medical imaging devices, like CT or MRI machines, Israeli researchers have developed a malware specifically designed to exploit the vulnerability. The Malware Variant The malware they created would allow cyber criminals to add realistic, malignant-seeming growths to imaging scans before radiologists and doctors examine […]

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IT Professionals Remain Unarmed Against Insider Threats

Kayla Elliott / April 4, 2019

IT Pros Lack Ability to Adequately Detect and Respond to Insider Attacks A recent survey completed by Bitglass, a cloud access security brokering company, confirmed insider attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent. Of the IT professionals surveyed, over half confirmed their organization had experienced an insider attack during the past year. Even with the increase in

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Aite Group Tests Financial Banking Apps – The Results Are Alarming

Kayla Elliott / April 4, 2019

Third-Party Tested Several Android Banking Apps, Proving Just How Vulnerable They Are A report prepared by the advisory firm, Aite Group for Arxan, confirms financial mobile apps are full of vulnerabilities. According to their findings these gaps stem from a lack of security controls and insecure coding within the apps themselves. Although the results are

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New York’s State Capital Falls Victim to Ransomware

Kayla Elliott / April 3, 2019

Another Public Municipality Has Fallen Victim to Ransomware – This Time, the City of Albany An unknown ransomware variant infected the city offices of New York’s state capital, the City of Albany. Although, employees were still expected to arrive to work Monday morning, city offices did not open until 12 p.m. EST. The city’s IT

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New Ransomware Variant Deletes Duplicate Files

Kayla Elliott / April 3, 2019

vxCrypter Removes Duplicate Files to Increase Encryption Speed A newly discovered ransomware variant, called vxCrypter, is going beyond the standard encryption included in all ransomware variants, and monitors hashes to ensure duplicate files are removed from the endpoint. BleepingComputer’s Lawrence Abrams, confirmed he discovered vxCrypter, and reported it is still under development. Based on his

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PC Matic Pro Featured in CRN’s 2019 Partner Program Guide

Kayla Elliott / April 1, 2019

Annual Guide Recognizes the IT Channel’s Top Partner Programs Sioux City, Iowa, April 1, 2019 – PC Matic Pro, America’s Antivirus, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has given PC Matic Pro a 5-Star rating in its 2019 Partner Program Guide. This annual guide identifies the strongest and most successful partner

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Cryptocurrency Exchange DragonEx Suffers Security Breach

Kayla Elliott / April 1, 2019

Those who are familiar with cryptocurrencies, understand how bad this is. For those who aren’t, here is a brief overview. Unlike traditional forms of currency, cryptocurrency is not tangible, is not protected by the FDIC, and in reality, is only as secure as where it is stored. This means, if the storage is compromised, so

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Responding to the Computer Skeptic

Kayla Elliott / March 13, 2019

It has been brought to PC Pitstop’s attention, the Courier Journal published an opinion piece regarding PC Matic – written by self-proclaimed “computer techie”, Jim Fisher. Unfortunately, the article was littered with misinformation about PC Pitstop, PC Matic and even personal attacks against the company’s CEO, Rob Cheng. Moreover, there is no indication that Mr.

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Malware Worms Past Google Play Store’s Controls — Again

Kayla Elliott / March 13, 2019

Like other app stores, Android’s Google Play Store attempts to mitigate the risk of malware exposure within their approved apps. Unfortunately, malware authors are finding ways to worm their way past these controls. Most recently, cyber criminals developed an ad-serving platform which was included in approximately 200 different Android apps, likely without the knowledge of

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Ransomware Attack Hits Three U.S. Colleges, Demanding Payment from Students

Kayla Elliott / March 12, 2019

Cyber Criminals Target U.S. Colleges, Then Demand $3,800 Payment from Each Impacted Student An unknown ransomware variant recently hit three U.S. colleges in the Midwest and East Coast. The three targeted colleges include Oberlin College of Ohio, Grinnell College of Iowa, and New York’s Hamilton College. An investigation confirmed cyber criminals were able to access

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