Black Friday is next week. Let that sink in. Next week. Which means the holiday shopping season has kicked off. Now if you’re anything like me, you avoid the crowds and shop online from the comfort of your own home. However, if you aren’t careful, this can be risky. Our cyber security expert, Dodi Glenn, […]
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Seguin Dermatology Clinic, located in Seguin, Texas was hit with ransomware last Friday. According to Express News, confidential data was breached. This includes names, social security numbers and billing codes for medical services. At this time, it is unknown how many patient records were accessed. However, the clinic did notify patients of the security breach
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Fake news articles aren’t new. In the past, we have informed readers of various phishing scams, targeting reader’s curiosity with bogus news stories exploiting trending news topics. Now, fake news stories have made their way onto major search engine results and social media platforms. It’s highly likely you have come across a handful of these articles before, whether you knew it
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According to BNA, cyber criminals gained access to a pension plans affiliated with Missouri-based Schnucks, Dierbergs Markets and Shop ‘n Save supermarkets. This hack impacted over 18,000 files, although the information retrieved by the hackers is unknown. Collin Reischman, a spokesman for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 in Ballwin, Missouri reported the organization has
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Ads are everywhere – and I mean everywhere. For those of you who have upgraded to Windows 10, you may have noticed several new ads being pushed onto you in various places within the operating system. Here is how you can disable Windows 10 ads: Removing Ads From Lock Screen: Settings> Personalization> Lock Screen> In the Background drop
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The ransomware epidemic has taken the world by storm. It has impacted everyone from large enterprises to home users. The small and medium businesses (SMBs) have seen a drastic uptake in ransomware attacks in 2016. This year alone, The Inquirer reported the number of ransomware attacks hitting the SMB market has increased 800%. Ransomware distributers have found
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Karla W. first came to PC Pitstop to meet her PC optimization needs in 2008, and has been a loyal PC Matic subscriber since 2012. Today I had the opportunity to speak with Karla one-on-one about her experience with our security software. Prior to using PC Matic, Karla said she experienced various malware attacks. Which
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New Ransomware, Telecrypt, Released Into the Wild A new ransomware variant was recently found. BleepingComputer reported the variant, named Telecrypt, requires an internet connection to infect computers. Telecrypt uses Telegram and command and control servers to execute its infection. To infect PCs the ransomware requires a binary to launch. Upon launch, and there is a confirmation process of
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Can you be too tech savvy? There are several things that you can do on your PC that will create a negatively impact. Many PC users view themselves as being rather tech savvy, therefore they believe they are far more secure against these threats. Unfortunately that is not the case. Sometimes PC users, both home and
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According to The Advocate, East Baton Rouge Parish school lost $46,500 in a phishing scam, which requested three transactions be wired to different banks in New York. The scam took place in May, and was caught within days of the transactions. Fortunately for the school, the final $25,000 transaction was able to be stopped. The school was
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