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U.S. Government Orders Federal Agencies to Remove Kaspersky From All Devices

Kayla Elliott / September 15, 2017

Federal Agencies Have 90 Days to Remove Kaspersky Labs Products U.S. Government Orders. U.S. Government Orders Federal Agencies to remove Kaspersky antivirus. Moscow-based security company, Kaspersky Labs, has been in hot water this year. With the U.S. investigating potential ties between the company and the Russian government, several entities have abandon the use of the […]

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Video: Fileless Ransomware Explained

Kayla Elliott / September 13, 2017

Tech Talk Video: Fileless Ransomware Recently, we have received some feedback requesting additional insight from our team on various aspects of cyber security. Taking this request into consideration, our team decided it would be beneficial to post Tech Talk videos in addition to our Tech Talk articles. The hope is to create one video a

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ATTENTION: PC Matic Customers in the Kansas City Area

Kayla Elliott / September 13, 2017

PC Matic Sponsors Kansas City Tech Security Conference The tech security conference is scheduled for Thursday, September 21st, and will be located at the DoubleTree by Hilton, in Overland Park. This all day event will feature industry experts discussing current security and compliance issues. Some of focus points include social media, email, internet and cloud security.

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Ransomware Attack Leaves Kansas County Government Without Computer Access

Kayla Elliott / September 12, 2017

Hackers Target Butler County for Ransomware Attack Over the weekend the Butler County office, located in El Dorado Kansas, with hit a ransomware attack. The variant has not been disclosed, nor has the ransom demand. Although the county offices remain open, their computers remain inaccessible due to their systems being encrypted with ransomware. Butler County

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Companies Acknowledge The Risk of Ransomware in Their SEC Filings

Kayla Elliott / September 11, 2017

Companies Aware of Ransomware Threats Many larger companies are aware of the cyber threats their organizations are facing on a daily basis. To be sure the public is also aware of these threats, these companies have chosen to include cyber security disclosures as part of their SEC filings. According to the Data Protection Report, the

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No. 1 U.S. Electronics Retailer Drops Kaspersky Products

Kayla Elliott / September 11, 2017

Best Buy No Longer Selling Kaspersky Best Buy, the largest electronic retailer in America, has removed the Russian-based security solution, Kaspersky Labs, from its shelves. The decision to cut the security program from their product line comes shortly after the FBI urged private sector companies to discontinue the use of Kaspersky on their devices. Both

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Tennessee Inmates Get New Visitation Rights After Ransomware Took Down Video Visitation

Kayla Elliott / September 8, 2017

Rutherford County Inmates Get New Visitation Rights The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has been experiencing issues with their visitation capabilities after ransomware corrupted the video visitation systems. The sheriff’s office has limited ability to remediate the issue, as the video systems are provided by VizVox. The Daily News Journal has attempted

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Equifax Suffers Largest Breach of 2017

Kayla Elliott / September 7, 2017

143 Million Equifax Consumer Files Breached Equifax, a provider of consumer credit scores, was just confirmed as a victim of a data breach. The incident resulted in 143 million customer files being compromised. Therefore, this is one of the biggest breaches in U.S. history, and the largest reported in 2017. The hackers were infiltrating the

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Ransomware Attack on Delaware Clinic Leaves 19K Patient’s Data Compromised

Kayla Elliott / September 7, 2017

Delaware Clinic Falls Victim to Ransomware, Leaving Thousands of Patients Potentially Exposed Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, a medical clinic located in Newark, Delaware was hit with ransomware. In June, the malicious software riddled the clinic’s servers, leaving over 19,000 patient files potentially exposed. The patient data compromised includes names, phone numbers, birth dates, as well

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Lenovo Accepts $3.5M Fine to Settle With FTC

Kayla Elliott / September 7, 2017

Lenovo Ordered to Pay $3.5M Fine for Superfish Software The FTC and Lenovo have reached a settlement of $3.5 million, as a direct result of the company allowing potentially malicious software to be installed on new PCs without the user’s knowledge. From 2014 to 2015, as many as 750,000 new Lenovo computers came with VisualDiscovery

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