Are Cyber Security Operations More Difficult Now? A new study shared by CSO Online, reported over 70% of IT pros and cyber security experts believe cyber security operations are more difficult now than they were two years ago. Although this may not be surprising to some, others may find it debatable. Ransomware has taken the […]
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Russian Hackers Believed to Cause Major Threat It is believed, Russian hackers are behind the recent breach of the UK national power grid. Although, no outages were reported, there are major concerns the hackers took critical information to implement a future attack. Without knowing what information, if any, was taken, it is difficult to determine
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Cyber Criminals Take Down Canadian Company Last weekend, and unnamed Canadian firm was hit with ransomware. IT World Canada reported, the ransomware was able to infiltrate the system by worming its way through vulnerabilities found in the company’s Windows operating system. The malicious software took down the company’s databases and wiped out all of their
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Latest Cyber Weapon — Petya or Not? The cyber industry has been going back and forth for the last week and a half over the latest cyber weapon, deemed NotPetya by some, and Petya by others. Some researchers believed the cyber attack that initially targeted Ukraine was a variant of the ransomware, Petya. Others believed
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Bitcoin Value Continues to Grow With the rise of ransomware, the value of bitcoins has risen exponentially. Ransomware, malware that encrypts your data and holds it hostage until a payment demand is made, typically in bitcoin, continues to spread daily. Rarely a day goes by that a new ransomware attack, or ransomware variant, is not
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PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP have gained major ground in the second quarter of 2017, showing sales spikes of 250% quarter over quarter, and 353% year over year. PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP are the business-to-business (B2B) versions of the well-known PC Matic antivirus protection for home users. Beyond providing a
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Latest Cyber Threat, NotPetya The world was taken by storm, yet again, by a cyber attack. Initial reports claimed it was another ransomware campaign; however, after additional research was done, it was found that was not the case. The cyber weapon released, deemed NotPetya, is a destructive form of malware. It is designed to completely
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Ransomware Creator Verifies, Latest Global Attack was not Petya This week, another global attack hit the world. Initial reports claimed the attack was a version of the Petya ransomware. However, after further investigation, it was determined the global attack was not Petya. It wasn’t even ransomware. The malware variant spread throughout the attack, deemed NotPetya,
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Calallen School’s Network Infected With Ransomware On June 25, 2017, Calallen Independent School District found themselves in a heap of trouble. Officials began noticing something was wrong with their email systems, and quickly learned ransomware had infiltrated their networks. The exact variant of ransomware that hit the school district is uncertain. However, officials did report
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WannaCry ransomware hit the globe just over 30 days ago. It was predicted, another global ransomware attack would take place sooner or later. However, who would’ve thought instead of ransomware, it would be complete cyber warfare? NotPetya Spreads Around the World Initial reports of NotPetya, had researchers believing it was a variation of Petya, a
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