In the anti-malware world, you may hear the term APT which is short for Advanced Persistent Threat. It sounds like a complicated buzzword. What is it really? Before we start talking about what an “advanced” persistent threat is, let’s just start with a plain ol’ persistent threat. In computer science, the term “persistence” is generally […]
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San Ysidro School District Suffers Ransomware Attack On September 16th, San Ysidro School District of California was hit with a ransomware attack. The ransomware impacted emails from August through the middle of September, as well as select computer files. After encryption, an automated message was sent to the district demanding $19,000 to restore the emails
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Rob Cheng Presents, Winning the War on Ransomware, at Synnex Inspire Event PC Matic Pro announces CEO, Rob Cheng, will be presenting at the Synnex Inspire Conference. This event is the technology industry’s premier conference for partner planning and content, and will be located in Greenville, South Carolina October 4-6, at the TD Convention Center.
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Malware Prevention Vs. Detection Malware infections have continued to spread at alarming rates. Whether it is ransomware, which encrypts data and demands a payment from the victim to regain access, or fileless malware which bypasses most security solutions, malware threats continue to grow daily. Once a version of malware is detected as malicious, it is
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A week ago, Lawrence Abrams at Bleeping Computer wrote about Locky ransomware now taking a 7z form. The PC Matic Research Team has seen this new form of Locky this past week. Like many other variants of Locky, the core components which make up the binary are very similar except for the encrypted file extension
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SMBs Continue to be Hacker’s Target A recent study, State of the Channel Ransomware Report, collected data on over 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) regarding the cyber threat, ransomware. The information collected was based on data from the second quarter of 2016 through the second quarter of 2017. It was found, fewer SMBs were
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Federal Agencies Have 90 Days to Remove Kaspersky Labs Products U.S. Government Orders. U.S. Government Orders Federal Agencies to remove Kaspersky antivirus. Moscow-based security company, Kaspersky Labs, has been in hot water this year. With the U.S. investigating potential ties between the company and the Russian government, several entities have abandon the use of the
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Ubuntu, iOS and Linux Users Don’t Need Security Software? PC Matic recently received feedback that if users transition to different operating systems (OS), there is no need for security software. This couldn’t be more false. Now, is the perfect time to clear up this misconception. Neither Linux, Ubuntu or iOS users are immune from cyber
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Millions of Email Accounts Leaked — Again An estimated 700 million email addresses have been compromised. The leaked email list was accumulated of previously breached emails. However, it spread like wild fire when the hackers allowed other cyber criminals to copy the list for their own malicious gain. This led to over 700 million email
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Hackers Make $2,900 From South Carolina School District Dorchester School District Two, of South Carolina, was hit with ransomware over the summer. The attack was found when the district discovered over half of its data was inaccessible. After further investigation, they found 25 servers riddled with an undisclosed ransomware variant. The school district was unable
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