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2016

Another California Medical Center Struck With Ransomware

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Ransomware Strikes Another California Medical Center This has been a rough year for California medical institutions being victimized by ransomware.  Another medical facility, East Valley Community Health Center, located in West Covina was struck with ransomware in October of 2016.  Reports by Health Data Management state the facilities computer systems were fixed within a day of the […]

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Ransomware Holds South Carolina Police Department Files Hostage

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Mount Pleasant Police Department, located in South Carolina, were the most recent victims of a ransomware attack.  The infection took place on December 12, 2016.  According to Post and Courier, the law enforcement agency was able to restore their files using their backup systems.  Therefore, they did not end up paying the ransom demands. To

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Are You Compromising Security for User Experience?

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Security Vs. Experience According to a recent survey conducted by SecureAuth, 87% of IT professionals reported commonly feel like increased PC security interferes with the user’s experience.  Which begs the question, how often are security measures decreased to ensure user experience is not hindered?  With today’s cyber security threats, decreasing your protection platform is not

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Phishing Scam Exposes 756K Californian’s Personal Data

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Phishing scam infects LA County offices, revealing thousands of files. A recent breach of several LA County offices led to over 750,000 personal files being leaked to Nigerian hacker, Austin Kelvin Onaghinor.  The report, made by CSO Online, stated a warrant has been placed for the hacker who is allegedly responsible for the phishing scam. The

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Cyber Security Hygiene Affects Network and Endpoint Security with Application Whitelisting

Application Whitelisting – The Only Protection Against Ransomware

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Application whitelisting provides the final piece to the endpoint security solution puzzle. When trying to battle today’s cyber criminals, PC users must always be on the defense.  This includes consistently trying to anticipate the hacker’s next move.  This can be incredibly difficult.  What if there was a security solution that did that for you? Application whitelisting

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Malwarebytes Alert

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My son is nine years old and in fourth grade. Imagine that he comes home from school and announces that he is super smart. “I no longer plan to take tests”, he smiles. Then, he begins to terrorize the other students preventing them from studying and taking tests. As a parent, what do you do?

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