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February 2018

19.5M California Voter Records Breached After Ransomware Infection

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Sacramento Bee Ransomware Infection Exposes Millions An unknown ransomware variant infected the Sacramento Bee database on towards the end of January.  The ransomware infection was able to execute because the newspaper’s firewall did not turn back on after updates took place.  It is expected systems were vulnerable for two weeks; although, it remains unclear how […]

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Hackers Now Threaten School Shootings Post-Ransomware Infections

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Cyber Criminals Stoop to New Low – Threatening Student Safety The FBI and Department of Education have issued a warning to educational institutions regarding the cyber threat, ransomware.  Ransomware is a malicious software that infects systems and locks important files.  After locking these files, the hackers demand a payment to unlock them.  In some instances,

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One Loose Screw Causes Lenovo to Recall Thousands of Laptops

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Lenovo Recalls 83k ThinkPad X1 Carbon Laptops After Loose Screw Causes Major Issues According to BleepingComputer, Lenovo is recalling thousands of ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops.  The recall is being issued due to a loose screw within the device.  It may sound a bit dramatic but one loose screw can cause quite the problem.  Due to the

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Cyber Security Hygiene Affects Network and Endpoint Security with Application Whitelisting

Top 9 Malware Variants Targeting the Education Sector

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Why Schools Are Targeted When industries think of cyber targets, often times the education sector is not included.  Why?  Well, it is believed they do not carry the financial weight of bigger targets like enterprises or the healthcare industry.  Although, school systems do still hold a plethora of critical data that can be easily exploited. 

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Tax Season Means Tax Scams

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2018 Tax Scams We all know, or should know, tax season leads to an increase in tax related scams.  Often times these scams come in various forms, with the end goal being obtaining illegitimate funds.  Recently, there have been two different tax alerts being distributed to the public.  First, there is a concern hackers will

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