2018 • Page 23 of 30 • PC Matic Blog

New York Clinic Goes to Paper Charting After Ransomware Infects System

Kayla Elliott / March 20, 2018

New York Medical Facility Riddled with Ransomware Finger Lakes Health, of Geneva, New York was infected with an unknown ransomware variant on March 18, 2018. Therefore, the medical facility’s systems were left completely encrypted, with an unknown third-party demanding a ransom payment. The amount of the payment has not been disclosed, and it remains unclear […]

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Internet & Social Media Privacy Tips

Kayla Elliott / March 20, 2018

We live in a world where everything is online. Online banking, online shopping, online dating, online bill pay — we could go on and on. We have multiple email accounts, multiple social media accounts, multiple passwords, multiple security questions — again, we could go on and on. Why are we putting all of this information

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Ransomware Takes Georgia Town’s Email and Phone Systems Offline

Kayla Elliott / March 20, 2018

Ransomware Takes Georgia’s City of Hinesville Offline An unknown ransomware variant took down the City of Hinesville in late February. Initially, the ransomware attack was reported as an IT incident; however, city officials are now reporting their systems were indeed infected with ransomware on February 20th. The exact ransomware variant is unknown, and the ransom

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FakeBank Malware Redirects Banks Calls to Scammers Instead

Kayla Elliott / March 19, 2018

New Malware, FakeBank, Targets Android Devices A new malware has been circulating on Android devices. The malware, deemed FakeBank, infects Android devices through third-party apps and website downloads. Once in the device, FakeBank will reroutes the user’s bank calls to scammers instead. Also, the cyber criminals also have the ability to mask their phone number

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Hacker’s Fumbled Coding Saved Lives – Although They Didn’t Want To…

Kayla Elliott / March 19, 2018

Unknown Hackers Target Saudi Plant, Hoping to Cause Explosion A cyber attack that hit a private petrochemical company in Saudi Arabia was executed with the end result being an explosion. Fortunately, there was an error in the coding, which didn’t trigger what could have been a deadly event. The attack occurred in August of 2017,

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PC Matic Pro Named Finalist in Cyber Defense Magazine’s InfoSec Awards

Kayla Elliott / March 14, 2018

Cyber Defense Magazine Names 2018 InfoSec Awards Finalists Over the last six months, Cyber Defense Magazine has read through over 3,000 nominations for their coveted 2018 InfoSec Awards. After proper review, the judges have named the finalists. PC Pitstop is honored to be named one of Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2018 InfoSec Awards finalists for its

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Crypto-Jacking Begins to Skyrocket

Kayla Elliott / March 12, 2018

Crypto-Jacking Skyrockets Over Last 10 Months Just last month, we introduced our readers to the concept of crypto-jacking. Crypto-jacking occurs when a hacker takes over a user’s device, without their permission to mine for crypto-currencies. The crypto-mining act itself, is not malware. The hackers are merely using the device to mine for the digital currency.

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Connecticut Court Systems Taken Offline Post-Ransomware Infection

Kayla Elliott / March 12, 2018

Connecticut Courts Riddled with Ransomware After being corrupted with ransomware, Connecticut court systems had no option but to take their systems offline. Court staff members first realized there was a problem in their systems on March 9, 2018. The exact ransomware variant that infected the systems is unknown. However, after investigation, court officials do not

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Ransomware Variants Double in 2017 – The Blacklist Cannot Keep Up

Kayla Elliott / March 9, 2018

The Blacklist Cannot Keep Up with New Ransomware Variants In 2016, NextGov reported 1,419 ransomware variants, compared to 2,855 in 2017. These are only the confirm malicious variants. New strains are being created every minute of every day. Therefore, knowing the exact number and exact coding of all malicious variants is impossible, which is why

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Ransomware Takes Down Alabama City Computers

Kayla Elliott / March 6, 2018

Alabama City Falls Victim An unknown ransomware variant attacked an Alabama city, taking their operations offline. The City of Leeds systems were riddled with ransomware over a week ago. Computers within the fire and police departments were impacted. Although, officials stated emergency response was not impacted. The city was demanded to make a payment of

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