Prime Time Line Up Includes Cyber Threats Modern cyber threats have been showing up in various prime-time television shows. The Blacklist featured an episode showing the vulnerability of computer systems being breached for the hacker’s benefit. The Blacklist Redemption also showed systems being hacked due to an unknown backdoor being installed. Just last week Chicago […]
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The Drive for Awareness In November of 2016, PC Pitstop, makers of PC Matic, commissioned a test with AV Comparatives focusing on ransomware and virus detection. This test was commissioned in an effort to stress the importance of detection rates. PC Matic chose to commission the test because several anti-virus (AV) companies choose not to
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Rensenware Demands Victims Earn Their Files Back Ransomware, the malicious software that locks your files and demand a payment to retrieve them, was recently taken to a different level. A new ransomware variant, deemed Rensenware, locks your files and demands the victims play a game, Touhou Seirensen. Victims have to earn 200 million points on
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Forsyth Schools Hacked Forsyth Public Schools, located in Montana was the victim of a major hack over the weekend. They are uncertain when the hack began, but was identified on Saturday, April 1, 2017. According to Last Best News, the school received three emails prior to the attack, saying they had to pay a ransom
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Officer Assists Local Resident with Phone Scam South Lebanon Township Police Department, in Pennsylvania, was able to help a local resident avoid becoming the next victim of a support scam. The resident originally contacted the police department, afraid he was the victim of a ransomware attack. When the police department arrived, the individual had allowed “tech
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PC Matic Compared to PC Matic Pro Often times, we get questions from potential consumers asking which security solution would best meet their needs, PC Matic or PC Matic Pro. To address this, we created the table below which provides the different features in each solution. Additional information regarding each feature is included below. Automated Global Application
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Indiana Works to Pass Cyber Crime Bill We recently discussed the law enforcement’s actions towards cyber criminals, or lack thereof. Understandably, it is difficult to track down cyber criminals overseas. It is also understandable that it may be increasingly difficult due to the effort the hackers put into covering their tracks. However, they are still
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Dun & Bradstreet Marketing Breached Dun & Bradstreet Marketing experienced a breach to one of their databases. The database was 52 GB, which included 33.6 million files. According to eCommerce Times, the database belonged to NetProspex. The information exposed is basic contact information, very similar to what you may find on a business card —
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Why Your Traditional AV Isn’t Working According to a recent study completed by KnowBe4, your traditional anti-virus alone is not effective in stopping today’s biggest cyber security threat, ransomware. Ransomware is a form of malware that locks your files or entire PCs and demands a payment to unlock them. In the study, KnowBe4 asked 500
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CyberEdge Group Releases Cyberthreat Defense Report CyberEdge Group, a research and marketing firm serving the security industry’s top vendors, shared the results of its fourth-annual Cyberthreat Defense Report. Key findings suggest, the security industry may be going insane. CyberEdge group CEO, Steve Piper states, “If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and
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