Ransomware Strikes Port of San Diego On September 25, 2018, the Port of San Diego in California was hit with an unknown ransomware variant. Over the last three days, park permits, business filings, and public record requests have slowed down to a glacial pace. In addition, the San Diego Harbor Police Department was forced to […]
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Everything isn’t always what we seem. This is something we have come to know and accept. However, when we download a program that is supposed to protect us, that is what we expect it to do. Apple users were recently duped with Adware Doctor, which positioned itself as an adware prevention tool, but actually was
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Hawaii Medical Facility Issues Warning to 40k Patients The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific (FDIP), located in Honolulu, Hawaii has begun contacting over 40,000 patients regarding a potential data breach. Concerns of a breach come after the facility fell victim to a ransomware attack in June of this year. After discovering the ransomware, FDIP contacted
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Florida Schools Struggle After Ransomware Infects Networks Monroe School District, located in Key West, Florida is attempting to restore their computer systems after the ransomware variant GandCrab infected its systems earlier this week. On Sunday a member of the school staff noticed something was off with their networks. They contacted the IT department promptly for proper
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A Reseller’s Opportunity – Education and Protection Ransomware threats have been increasing year-over-year, yet several businesses are not aware of the magnitude of the cyber threat. This lack of awareness could be on this particular form of malware, or it may spill over into proper protection methods. It has become a reseller’s opportunity to educate
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Another Georgia Municipality Suffers Cyber Attack While Atlanta Still Recovers After the City of Atlanta’s ransomware fiasco, one would think other public municipalities, specifically in Georgia, would have stepped up their cyber security game. Apparently, that is not the case. Hackers successfully installed ransomware on the internal systems of Coweta County, located in Newnan, Georgia. This
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Top Tools for Proper Ransomware Defense Ed Tech Magazine recently released three major tools the education sector must have to effectively block ransomware from executing on their systems. Although Ed Tech was specifically focusing on the educational vertical, these tips can be used in any industry. The three “must haves” include application whitelisting, endpoint protection,
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Ransomware Hits PGA’s American Servers Days Before Tournament The Professional Golf Association (PGA) has been the most recent victim of ransomware. As their tournament is about to kick off in St. Louis, Missouri, the PGA has found all of their American servers encrypted with ransomware. Meaning, all of the data on those servers is inaccessible
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Ransomware Cripples Alaskan Borough – Thankfully Employees Think Outside the Box The Alaskan borough of Matanuska-Susitna, reported almost all of its 500 desktop computers and 120 of its servers were affected by a ransomware attack just days ago. The unknown ransomware variant was found on July 24th, spreading throughout the network. Although officials attempted to
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Malware Riddles Missouri Healthcare Facility In May, Missouri’s Blue Springs Family Healthcare found its systems were infected with various forms of malware, including ransomware. All of the forms of malware were not disclosed, nor was the ransom demand. The only thing that seems to be quite clear is, the hackers had full access to all
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