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Romanian Hackers Arrested for D.C. Police Camera Hack

Kayla Elliott / September 25, 2018

Two Romanian Hackers Face Charges for D.C. Camera Hack A mere days before the 2017 Presidential Innaugeration, Washington D.C.’s police cameras were inaccessible due to ransomware that infected approximately 126 computers connected to the camera’s networks. After infecting the systems, hackers demanded over $60,000 to restore the systems. However, the IT department worked quickly, taking […]

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Users Actively Seeking Out Alternative Antivirus Programs Due to Cyber Threats

Kayla Elliott / September 24, 2018

Users Look for Better Protection Against Today’s Cyber Threats PC Matic recently conducted a survey, including 500 participants, regarding the impact of recent ransomware and crypto-jacking attacks. According to the results, approximately 45% of participants have either already switched antivirus providers, or are considering it, due to these growing cyber threats. Of those who participated,

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Flood of Cyber Attacks Drives Endusers to New Antivirus Solutions

Kayla Elliott / September 19, 2018

Ransomware Attacks Drive 44.53% of Endusers to Reconsider Their Antivirus Solutions Not only are ransomware attacks taking place daily, but news coverage of these attacks has increased. Therefore, the public has become more aware of this cyber threat. The same can be said for another cyber threat, crypto-jacking. Not long ago, computer users would have

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Ransom Payments or Downtime – Which is Worse for SMBs?

Kayla Elliott / September 17, 2018

Which Creates More Issues for SMBs? Asking questions like this is simply asking, which is the lesser of these two evils? Neither is wanted or preferred. And both cause substantial damage. So forgive my bluntness, but which sucks less? Reports have suggested downtime is more damaging, financially than paying the ransom demand. This is contingent upon several

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Hackers Target Specifically Based on This One Thing

Kayla Elliott / September 5, 2018

How Hackers Choose Their Targets According to Security Boulevard, the #1 security vulnerability identified by IT managers is unpatched systems. Hackers target vulnerable systems. There it is. That is the big secret, which likely isn’t as shocking as one anticipated. Why do hackers target vulnerable systems? This too is rather simple. They don’t want to

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New Hampshire Healthcare Facility Offers Up Patient Data to Hackers

Kayla Elliott / August 31, 2018

New Hampshire Healthcare Facility Suffers Ransomware, Followed by Security Breach Health Management Concepts (HMC) of New Hampshire recently suffered a ransomware attack. The variant has not been disclosed to the public, but HMC officials did report they paid an undisclosed ransom amount. Before going on, it should be noted that paying the ransom demands is

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