Get Free VIP Tickets to Data Connectors New Orleans Event PC Matic Pro partners and potential prospects are granted free VIP tickets to this year’s Data Connectors in New Orleans. The cyber security conference is a one day event, located at the DoubleTree Hilton in New Orleans, on May 9th. Click here to register for […]
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Tech Support scams are continuing to become a very popular attack method for cyber criminals all over the world. We’ve covered them pretty extensively on this blog in the past but when they come close to home with a little new style we always like to share. The scammers came after one of our employees
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85,000 Patients Notified of Security Breach The Center of Orthopedic Specialists, a California medical facility, suffered a ransomware infection in February of 2018. Now months later, the medical facility is informing patients of a potential security breach as a result of the ransomware infection. Approximately 85,000 patient files may have been compromised, potentially releasing information including: Social
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Leominster Schools of Massachusetts Suffer Ransomware Attack During the week of April 16,, 2018, hackers infiltrated the networks of Leominster Schools, leaving information inaccessible to student and staff. On Friday, April 20th, officials decided to pay the $10,000 ransom demands via bitcoin. Massachusetts officials have stated, as of April 26th, they have yet to gain access to their
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Ransomware Infects Georgia’s Dawson County Dawson County computers were infected with a malicious attack on Monday, April 23, 2018. The attack was first identified by the tax assessor’s office. Shortly after the ransomware was confirmed, servers and endpoints were taken offline in an attempt to mitigate the infection. IT professionals were able to work through
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The Kaspersky Controversy Continue to Grow Yesterday, I wrote on Twitter banning Kaspersky’s ads from their social media platform. Now, new reports have suggested the U.S. will consider placing a sanction on all Kaspersky products. This means, all Kaspersky operations will be banned, including their U.S. operations. According to CyberScoop, New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen,
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Russian Based Malware Found All Over the World A new Russian-based malware variant, deemed SquirtDanger, has been spreading throughout the globe. SquirtDanger was developed by a single, sophisticated author, who leaves the malicious distribution method up to the hackers. However, the variant has been found spreading primarily through a Trojan download. Upon infection, the malicious
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Twitter Pulls Kaspersky’s Advertising Kaspersky Twitter trouble continues. The last twelve months have been rough on Kaspersky, due to speculated relationships between certain company officials and Russian intelligence. The U.S. government was first urged to determine where they were using the security solution. They were then given 90 days to remove the program and find
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Rockport, Massachusetts Riddle with Ransomware Ransomware took down networks at the Rockport Town Office, located in Massachusetts, on April 13, 2018. Since, IT professionals have been working overtime to get computer systems working at full capacity and to restore city data. Fortunately, they were able to recover data through the backup systems; however, all information
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