SEC Breach Leaves Open Doors for Hackers The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), discovered a security breach last year. However, until recently, no one knew the data obtained through the SEC breach could have led to illegal trade gains. Unfortunately, additional information is not being disclosed regarding this issue. Reports state, “The agency did not […]
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When reading a technical analysis of malware, you will often hear of the term “hooking.” The term is rather confusing and even ambiguous in some cases and thus, in this article we will explain exactly what hooking is, the different types of hooking, and how it is used by malware. What is Hooking? Let’s start
SMBs Continue to be Hacker’s Target A recent study, State of the Channel Ransomware Report, collected data on over 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) regarding the cyber threat, ransomware. The information collected was based on data from the second quarter of 2016 through the second quarter of 2017. It was found, fewer SMBs were
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County Offices Not Functioning After Ransomware Crippled Systems Montgomery County of Alabama has been the latest ransomware attack victim. The ransomware variant that wormed its way into the county’s systems has not been reported, nor has the ransom demand. However, government officials stated they are doing everything in their power to restore the county’s systems
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Top Tips to Keep Your Data Secure Recently Beta News published an article on how, The practical guide to fighting ransomware. The article listed several tips, timelines for implementation, and explanations why the tips were important. A vast majority of the information throughout the article was correct and indisputably great advice. However, a few tips
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Scammers Use PC Matic Name to Lure Victims This isn’t the first time the PC Matic name has been associated with a scam. This time, scammers are using the name PCMaticPlus. They are using this to execute tech support scams. The scams may range from charging a ridiculous amount per minute to “fix” your computer,
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Update 9/22/2017: Avast representative has made the following statement: “We believe that these users are safe now as our investigation indicates we were able to disarm the threat before it was able to do any harm. We estimate that 2.27 million users had the affected software installed on 32-bit Windows machines.” The estimated users impacted
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This week our team has introduced a new feature in PC Matic Pro and MSP that improves your control over our existing patch management ability.
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Kaspersky Labs U.S. Sales Drop Over the last few months, Kaspersky has faced major hurdles when it came to their U.S. sales. This appears to be a direct result of the U.S. government investigating the alleged ties between Kaspersky Labs and the Russian government. Very little information is being disclosed to the public, regarding the
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Bashware Lets Malware Bypass Most Security Programs A new exploit has been discovered, allowing hackers to install malware on Windows 10 systems without detection of most anti-virus programs. The exploit, deemed Bashware, is found within the newly added Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Kim Komando reported, WSL was created to add Linux Shell support to
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