Cyber Crime is Skyrocketing – And the U.S. has a New Plan With the increased cyber crime the world is facing today, countries are beginning to look for alternative methods to divert malware attacks. The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency is doing just that. In recent reports, there have been talks of rerouting malware attacks back […]
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Kaspersky Ties to Russian FSB Revealed Kaspersky Labs, the Moscow-based security provider, has adamatly denied any ties to the Russian government. However, CBS News recently confirmed a certificate has surfaced confirming a relationship between the security firm and the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). This certificate confirms the U.S. government’s concerns of ties between the
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Why do employees bypass IT regulations? Recently seven different cyber security experts provided insight regarding the lack of employee compliance with a company’s IT regulations. The input ranged from immediate gratification to simple ignorance. PC Matic’s Vice President of Cyber Security shared, “Another reason being, some employees simply don’t ask IT for help. Instead, they
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Your taskbar can be one of the most efficient tools on your PC. Between the search bar, pinned apps, and icons accessible near your clock — you can make your Windows 10 taskbar fully customizable. Unpinning Apps from Taskbar The Windows 10 taskbar comes with apps already pinned. This may include Edge, TripAdvisor, Mail, etc.
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Phishing Attacks – One of the largest cyber threats facing users today A phishing attack, or email that includes a malicious link or attachment, has been a growing threat throughout this year. Why? Because email addresses are very easy to obtain. Whether it is through a security breach of a business or a website leak,
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FBI Wants Companies to Drop Kaspersky Labs Like a Bad Habit FBI officials are encouraging private sector companies to cease the use of Kaspersky Labs products immediately. Kaspersky Labs, a Russian-based security solution provider, has been under scrutiny recently due to concerns regarding alleged ties between the company and the Russian government. As a computer
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Locky Ransomware is Back Locky, a ransomware variant that was once upon a time one of the most popular types of ransomware, is back. This return is not surprising. Cyber criminals would rather make slight alterations to existing malware and reuse it, then have to create it from scratch. By making even the simplest changes,
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Inc. Magazine Unveils 36th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000 For the 2nd Time, PC Pitstop Appears on the Inc. 5000 list, Ranking No. 4511 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 54.9% NEW YORK, August 17, 2017 — Inc. magazine today ranked PC Pitstop NO. 4511 on its 36th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious
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LA Medical Center Infected With Ransomware Pacific Alliance Medical Center, located in Los Angeles California, suffered a ransomware attack in mid-June of 2017. It is because of this attack, concerns of a data breach have risen. With the hackers having access to the medical center’s systems, it is possible they had visibility to patient files
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ETERNALBLUE, DOUBLEPULSAR, Heartbleed…. Many of us have heard of these terms and possibly of their association with malware. However, the ecosystem and jargon can be confusing. How is ETERNALBLUE really related to WannaCry and Petya? What is the difference between an exploit and a malware to begin with? As a Malware Researcher, I’ve done deep
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