SMBs Struggle to Defend Against Cyber Threats In a recent report featured by Tech Republic, 35% of SMBs were hit with ransomware in the last year. Out of those impacted, 22% had to completely cease business operations to attempt to remediate the issue. But for how long? Over half of the attacks that resulted in […]
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We Personalize Everything! We live in an era where we feel a need to personalize everything. Our shirts, gym bags, device cases, cars, and our computers — just to name few. However, personalizing our items isn’t always a bad thing. For instance, if you aren’t personalizing your devices to meet your needs, you could be
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Over the weekend, three new malware variants were exposed. Are you one of those being targeted? Trickbot Trojan The Trickbot Trojan is a malware variant that was targeting financial institutions overseas. That is until now. With U.S. financial institutions being at risk, it is important the word is spread this malware may be heading to
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Pennsylvania Ransomware Attack Leads to Significant Breach An unknown ransomware variant hit the Women’s Health Group, located in Pennsylvania. The ransomware hit impacted 45 offices. However, officials reported the encrypted data was restored through the backup system. The ransomware attack also lead to a significant security breach, impacting approximately 300,000 patient files. The information breached
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Nine of the creators of Fireball, the malware that was turning popular browsers into zombies, have been caught. The malware creators were working for a legitimate digital marketing company located in Beijing. According to Mashable, they were using the company, Rafotech, as a way to distribute the malware. Since the time of release, almost two months
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I’m not entirely sure how it has happened, but it’s almost August. Which means, students are getting ready for a new school year. This includes buying school supplies, which may include a new computer. But which is the best to meet your child’s needs? How to find the best PC There is no clear-cut answer.
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Money Wasn’t Their End-Game… Combined, WannaCry and NotPetya, the two global attacks that hit the world in the last 90 days, received payouts of approximately $150,000 USD. To some it may sound like a lot – but to cyber criminals, that’s nothing. WannaCry and NotPetya were not in corrupting company data with the end goal
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Security Breach Executes From Fish Tank The concept of smart devices leaving people and companies vulnerable for cyber attacks is nothing new. However, hackers using a smart fish tank to breach the cyber security of an unnamed North American casino, is a first. Hackers breached the fish tank, then scanned the system for any additional
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