Android Malware Increases 40% Year Over Year According to a recent analysis, mobile malware has increased approximately 40% in 2018. The analysis showed over 3 million malware variants had been identified by the end of the third quarter of 2018. The spike in samples is only supposed to continue, with projections putting the year-end total of […]
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PC Matic Exposes Failing Security Vendors The concept of an antivirus failing isn’t new. To be quite frank, it has become rather common. New ransomware attacks are being successfully executed daily, and only a fraction of them are made public. And what’s worse — those that do go public, rarely share which security solution they
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Facebook Account Details for Sale on Dark Web – But Facebook Denies Breach Hold on…if account details are for sale, who else could have leaked them other than Facebook? Considering how interconnected everything is, it’s entirely possible a third-party application suffered a breach or even a browser extension. The exact route that leaked the data remains unknown, but the
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Texas Sheriff’s Office in Hot Water After Failure to Disclose Ransomware In 2017, the Hidalgo Sheriff’s Office suffered a ransomware attack by an unknown variant. According to officials, the infection riddled one of their external computers, leaving internal networks unimpacted. The Sheriff’s Office was able to restore the computer using backup files; however, those files
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Social security numbers continue to be compromised — we need a solution The fear associated with breaches has subsided. As a nation, we have become entirely desensitized to this threat, making news of the latest security breach nothing but more significant than today’s weather. We have accepted this as a way of life, thanks to
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Federal Employee Disregards Technology Compliance, Leaving Network Exposed After an audit of the U.S. Geological Survey department, a federal report was released confirming government networks had been compromised. According to the report, a federal employee exposed U.S. government systems to malware after visiting multiple pornographic sites. During the follow-up investigation, the malware exposure was tracked
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Search Engines Vetting Failures Google is currently losing their minds! Why? Bing has allowed a malicious link to display that is serving up malware instead of a legitimate download for Google Chrome. But, to be fair, Google is just as guilty… Here’s the story: Last April, Bing was found displaying a fraudulent advertisement when users
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Taking a screenshot is creating a copy of your PC’s screen. This tool can be quite helpful on a daily basis, whether it’s with technical help or just sharing your view with others. Follow this step-by-step guide to taking a screenshot with the Windows operating system. Go to the screen that you’d like to take screenshot
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Hackers Offer No Treats, Only Tricks… As we inch closer and closer to the holiday season, hackers are becoming more and more aware of ways to exploit users. Below are the top 10 ways cyber criminals are capitalizing on user behavior: Unsecured WiFi connections, what’s the harm? By using public WiFi, or any other form
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Today’s Top Cyber Security Excuses MSPs and VARs Face Often times value added resellers (VARs) and managed service providers (MSPs) hear how cyber security has already been addressed within an organization. Therefore, trying to get potential customers to entertain an alternative solution can be a bit tricky. Here are the top excuses VARs and MSPs
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