In May, I gave a presentation to security professionals at Yankee Stadium. Part of my presentation referenced the recent ransomware infection in the City of Atlanta. As I proceeded, I viewed blank faces and not one head nodding. “Who knows what happened in Atlanta?”, I inquired. No one raised their hand. I paused the presentation […]
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Multiple Layers of Defense, Doesn’t Always Mean Better Security On January 3, 2018, the ransomware variant, SamSam, infected the city offices of Farmington, New Mexico. The ransomware infection successfully encrypted multiple areas of the city office including the electronic bill pay and records processing. Although the infection did not impact utility operations and the city office has made it clear,
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Malware, Virus, Tomato, Tomahto? Recently, I’ve received a few different questions on the concepts of anti-malware and anti-virus programs. Are they the same thing? Which is better? Is PC Matic an anti-malware program? There’s a lot to be said on the matter. But here is the most basic explanation. Malware is a blanket term used
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Two Ransomware Attacks Strike in Connecticut Last week, we reported on Middleton School District, located in Connecticut becoming infected with ransomware. This led to only two of their six systems being partially operational. Now, a week later the Derby Police Department released they too have been a victim of ransomware. Although, there is no evidence
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A Majority of Executives are Paying Hackers According to Bitcoinist, a new study has been conducted regarding ransomware attacks and the tendency of those hackers of getting paid. Merrill Research surveyed 232 executives worldwide, and 69% said their company faced a ransom attack in the past year. This is a significant jump, considering only 14% of
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PC Matic Pro: The Information Technology Industry’s Coveted Hot Companies and Best Products Award Winners will be honored at the 2018 SVUS Red Carpet Awards Ceremony Dinner in San Francisco on Monday, July 30, 2018. Sioux City, Iowa – June 27, 2018 – PC Pitstop, makers of PC Matic Pro announces today that Network Products
Application Whitelisting – What is it? Before we dive too deep into the concept of whitelisting, readers must understand what application whitelisting is. In addition, understand how it differs from alternative cyber security methods. First, application whitelisting is a proactive approach to cyber security. A security solution that employs application whitelisting will only allow known
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Liberty Life Insurance Suffers from Ransomware Attack Liberty Life insurance, headquartered in Southern Africa, is attempting to recover from a ransomware attack. On June 16, 2018, the organization notified millions of their customers the company had been the victim of a cyber attack. As a result, several emails and attachments that were encrypted. In addition, there
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Minnesota Mental Health Facility Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack Associates in Psychiatry and Psychology, located in Rochester, Minnesota discovered its files had been locked with the ransomware variant deemed Triple-M on March 31, 2018. Beyond locking the facility’s files, the attack also disabled the computers’ system restore functions and reformatted the network storage device; which was
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