January 2017

Ransomware – What is it?

Ransomware, or malicious software that encrypts your files, holding them hostage until you pay the ransom demand, took the IT world by storm in 2016.  On many different platforms, I have read about PC users falling victim to ransomware.  Many of these cases are certainly true; however some I have found are actually support scams, […]

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Vermont Utility Company Finds Russian Malware on Systems

Russians Attacking US Electric Grid? Malware found on a Burlington Electric Company laptop matches the malware variant used in the Democratic National Convention (DNC) attack in 2016.  The DNC has made reports the malware they found was created by Russian hackers.  If that is the case, these same hackers got into a utility company in Vermont.  But

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