2017 • Page 36 of 46 • PC Matic Blog

Corporations Boost Bitcoin Supply in Preparation for Ransomware Attacks

Kayla Elliott / March 3, 2017

Companies Are Prepping to Pay Cyber Criminals According to Coin Telegraph, many corporations are preparing for ransomware attacks by increasing their supply of the non-traceable currency, bitcoins. Since bitcoins are not traceable, it is typically the currency of choice by hackers. Am I the only one who thinks this is absolutely absurd? Malware attacks of […]

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Malware Prevention Tops IT Pros List of Security Priorities

Kayla Elliott / March 2, 2017

Malware Prevention Deemed Higher Priority Than Detection According to a recent study conducted by Barkley, 51% of IT pros would allocate additional funds to malware prevention over detection and recovery efforts. This should come as no surprise, considering one in three respondents gave their organizations a failing grade when it comes to prevention of malware

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Cyber Security Hygiene Affects Network and Endpoint Security with Application Whitelisting

Major Issues in the Cyber Security Industry

Kayla Elliott / March 1, 2017

Cyber Security Industry Faces Major Flaw The cyber security industry is facing some major issues, as cyber threats continue to grow at exponential rates. One of the biggest issues the industry is facing is the lack of emphasis on malware detection. Considering the concept of cyber security is to keep user data safe from malware

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Accessing and Enabling Airplane Mode on Laptops

Kayla Elliott / March 1, 2017

Accessing Airplane Mode Airplane mode is a setting available on smart phones, tablets, laptops, and other portable devices. The setting will disable WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth. This not only makes the devices safe to use while flying, but will also significantly increase battery life. If you plan to travel soon, I would encourage you to

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Contact a Cyber Security Expert to Learn about Application Whitelisting

2.2M Voice Recordings Leaked From Children’s Toy, CloudPets

Kayla Elliott / February 28, 2017

CloudPets Breached Leaving 820k Users Exposed The children’s toy, CloudPets, has been breached, leaving 820,000 users exposed. This led to an estimated 2.2 million voice recordings between parents and their children being leaked. What is most shocking is just how avoidable this data breach was. According to Troy Hunt, the platform the toy used, MongoDB, did

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Russians Attempt to Hack Cyber Security Expert

Kayla Elliott / February 27, 2017

Russians Attempt to Hack Security Expert Dodi Glenn, Vice President of Cyber Security for PC Matic, was recently the victim of an attempted hack. Dodi received an email notifying him of a failed login attempt to his remote desktop. Russians attempted to hack into his account, from Kaluga, Russia. Below is the email Dodi received.

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Two Ransomware Attacks Overrun MySQL Database

Kayla Elliott / February 27, 2017

According to Network World a recent ransomware attack was initiated on February 12, 2017, which completely overran MySQL Database. The attack originated from an IP address located in the Netherlands. The attack lead to thousands upon thousands of databases being erased and replaced with a .2 bitcoin ($234) ransom demand. Although the demand is not painstakingly

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How PC Matic Pro Stacks Up Against Its Competition

Kayla Elliott / February 27, 2017

What is PC Matic Pro? PC Matic Pro, developed by PC Pitstop, is the professional version of the advanced security solution, PC Matic. PC Matic Pro is researched, developed and supported in the United States. This innovative security solution is available for businesses, government facilities, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions. Advanced Malware Detection PC Matic Pro offers an automated

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Fake Adobe Update Leads to Support Scam With Ransomware Ties

Kayla Elliott / February 27, 2017

Support Scam With Ransomware Ties Another support scam has evolved, tying in the concept of ransomware to increase their payday. The malicious attack occurs after the user chooses to download a fake Adobe update, or clicks on a malicious ad. Upon doing so, the computer will begin executing a malicious “update”, which results in the

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3,400 Websites Compromised After Cloudflare Breach

Kayla Elliott / February 24, 2017

Thousands of Sites Impacted by Cloudflare Breach Cloudflare, a popular content delivery network, was recently breached. This breach impacted 3,400 websites, including popular sites such as Fitbit and Uber. A full list of impacted websites has not been released. Cloudflare has made a public statement on their blog, “The bug was serious because the leaked memory

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