California Medical Facility Owes $2M After Reaching Settlement with the State Cottage Hospital was the victim of a breach that lasted a whopping three years. From 2011 to 2013, a security breach left 50,000 patient records exposed to anyone and everyone who completed a basic Google search. The information available online included patient names, addresses, […]
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Millions of Files Deleted After Ransomware Hit On the evening of November 18, 2017, the Sacramento Regional Transit systems were hit with ransomware. The initial red flag was when the hackers defaced the Sacramento Regional Transit website. According to the Sacramento Bee, when visitors would attempt to access the website, they would instead get a
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Uber Suffer Security Breach, Then Fails to Properly Inform Uber has found themselves in serious trouble, after officials found the company suffered a security breach last year and went to great lengths to cover it up. Instead of properly informing the 57 million customers and drivers the breach impacted, the chief security officer paid the
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Interactive PC Matic Tutorial With the comprehensive tools, and various capabilities that come with PC Matic, users are frequently asking questions about the security program. Customers want to be certain they are capitalizing on all of the features and protection PC Matic has to offer. It was because of these consumer questions, our team decided to
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PC Matic Awarded Platinum ASTORS Award Last week, PC Pitstop, the makers of PC Matic were awarded the Platinum ASTORS Award for the Best Anti-Malware Solution by American Security Today. American Security Today’s 2017 ASTORS Homeland Awards Presentation Luncheon at ISC East was an overwhelming success. The ceremony brought over 100 professionals from across North America and the
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Ransomware Damages Projected to Skyrocket With 2017 coming to an end, the final ransomware damages are being released. This year alone, ransomware damages are projected to total $5 billion. This includes not only the ransom demands paid, but also the company downtime, remediation efforts, loss in productivity, investigation costs and reputation damages. One would almost
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Malware Hits County Offices Last week, Montgomery County offices in Illinois were impacted by a malware attack. The exact malware variant, and method of intrusion is unknown at this time. Currently, various county offices are unable to complete daily tasks, and the phone systems are also down. As the story progresses, we will do our
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This week, several breaking news stories hit. Here are the top five, classified by PC Pitstop. NASA spends $1.4B on information technology – Yes, you read that right. NASA blew spent 7.6% of their $18.5 billion budget on information security. They should be good to go, right?! Wrong. According to ZD Net, they are still
J. Sterling Morton High School Targeted Victim of Ransomware J. Sterling Morton High School, located in Cicero, Illinois has been the victim of a targeted ransomware attack. The ransomware is being delivered through a student survey specifically designed for J. Sterling Morton high school students. As seen below, the survey is poorly designed, but students
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Shoppers Beware – It’s Scamming Season As the holidays quickly approach, scammers are using holiday deals as a way to target customers. This approach is not new, but shoppers must be aware of the risk. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are fast approaching, and the deals are already showing up in news feeds and emails.
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