November 2016 • Page 5 of 6 • PC Matic Blog

New Locky Ransomware Campaign Sends 14M Emails In Five Hours

Kayla Elliott / November 8, 2016

14M Emails Infected With Locky Ransomware Another ransomware campaign was sent out on October 24th, distributing 14 million emails with Locky ransomware attached. The email included a “complaint letter”, which of course was really ransomware. Upon opening the attachment, the ransomware went to work encrypting user’s files. The typical ransom demand made with Locky infections […]

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Apple App Store Fills With Malware

Kayla Elliott / November 8, 2016

Apple has been criticized with their strict regulations for getting apps approved for their app store. However, it was recently reported by Fortune that the Apple App Store has been filled with malicious apps, just in time for the holiday shopping season. Some of the malicious apps include falsified versions of the Dollar Tree, Nordstrom’s

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90% of Employees Admit to Violating IT Policies

Kayla Elliott / November 7, 2016

There’s a plethora of cyber security threats that IT professionals need to protect their data from. But, what if one of those threats are entirely unmanageable? A recent study conducted by U.S. tech consulting company CEB, found 90% of employees have violated IT policies designed to prevent security and data breaches. What does this mean?

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Madison County Computers Inaccessible After Ransomware Attack

Kayla Elliott / November 7, 2016

Update: After five days of battling to get systems back up and running, Madison County has paid the ransom demands to regain access. Herald Bulletin reported, the county was encouraged to pay the ransom amount by their insurance provider, who paid the $28,000 demand. The county was left paying the insurance deductible, along with $17,500

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Android Devices at Risk After Fake Adobe Flash Player App Installs Malware

Kayla Elliott / November 3, 2016

A fake Adobe Flash Player being installed on Android devices is spreading malware like wildfire. When Android users download this malicious application, an “Activate Device Administrator” popup displays. At this point, they are either damned if they do and damned if they don’t. By clicking cancel, the message just repopulates. Once the user hits “Activate”, the

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Gartner Names PC Pitstop, Makers of PC Matic, as an Innovative Vendor in Application Control

Kayla Elliott / November 3, 2016

PC Pitstop, makers of PC Matic, are pleased to announced they were cited as an Innovative Vendor in Application Control in the Gartner Event Summary. Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2016 — London, report published 27 October 2016 by Gartner. Gartner is the world’s leading information technology company. PC Matic provides expert advice to

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Solid-State Drives (SSD) Continue to Gain Popularity

Lyle / November 2, 2016

The rotating platter hard disk drives (HDD) have been around since the early days of PCs. Technology improvements are allowing for the improvement of speeds and capacity. Basically the HDD technology involves a armature that moves across the surface of the platter. Using magnetism, the drive head reads and writes information to the disk. SSD

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Removing FBI MonkeyPak Ransomware When SafeMode Is Unavailable

Kayla Elliott / November 2, 2016

Step-by-step guide to removing FBI MonkeyPak ransomware If you have been infected with the MonkeyPak ransomware, and a system restore is not an option via SafeMode, there is an alternative way to remove the malware. It should be noted, you will need a bootable USB device with a minimum of 32 MB memory that can

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Controlling Spam – The Top 4 Things You Need to Know

Kayla Elliott / November 2, 2016

We all get them, those annoying emails that tend to fill up our mailboxes that we don’t want, need or read. Here are five tips to help control those spam emails. Transitioning your email to Gmail. Gmail filters all emails as they come into your inbox. Outlook and Yahoo do this as well; however Gmail’s

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