PC Matic Exposes Failing Security Vendors The concept of an antivirus failing isn’t new. To be quite frank, it has become rather common. New ransomware attacks are being successfully executed daily, and only a fraction of them are made public. And what’s worse — those that do go public, rarely share which security solution they […]
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Facebook Account Details for Sale on Dark Web – But Facebook Denies Breach Hold on…if account details are for sale, who else could have leaked them other than Facebook? Considering how interconnected everything is, it’s entirely possible a third-party application suffered a breach or even a browser extension. The exact route that leaked the data remains unknown, but the
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Ontario Suffers Ransomware Attacks from Unknown Variants The last couple weeks have been rough for Ontario, leaving both the private and public sectors riddled with ransomware. First, on October 25th, cyber criminals attacked the Toronto company, ESC Corporate Services. ESC is an organization that resells sensitive personal and business data collected by the Ontario government.
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It is with a heavy heart that we announce the loss of David Austin. Over the last decade, David has been an irreplaceable member of the PC Pitstop community. He began as a strong member of the PC Pitstop forums, a virtual community for people to share their computing experiences. His commitment to the forums
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Texas Sheriff’s Office in Hot Water After Failure to Disclose Ransomware In 2017, the Hidalgo Sheriff’s Office suffered a ransomware attack by an unknown variant. According to officials, the infection riddled one of their external computers, leaving internal networks unimpacted. The Sheriff’s Office was able to restore the computer using backup files; however, those files
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Social security numbers continue to be compromised — we need a solution The fear associated with breaches has subsided. As a nation, we have become entirely desensitized to this threat, making news of the latest security breach nothing but more significant than today’s weather. We have accepted this as a way of life, thanks to
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Federal Employee Disregards Technology Compliance, Leaving Network Exposed After an audit of the U.S. Geological Survey department, a federal report was released confirming government networks had been compromised. According to the report, a federal employee exposed U.S. government systems to malware after visiting multiple pornographic sites. During the follow-up investigation, the malware exposure was tracked
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New Ransomware Demands RDP Access A new ransomware variant, CommonRansom, has been discovered running in the wild. This particular form of ransomware will encrypt user files with the .CommonRansom extension. Post encryption, the victims receive a ransom note demanding a .1 bitcoin payment and access to their RDP ports. CommonRansom Demand Note by BleepingComputer If
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Search Engines Vetting Failures Google is currently losing their minds! Why? Bing has allowed a malicious link to display that is serving up malware instead of a legitimate download for Google Chrome. But, to be fair, Google is just as guilty… Here’s the story: Last April, Bing was found displaying a fraudulent advertisement when users
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Another Illinois County Suffers Cyber Attack Just last week, we reported Crawford County in Illinois had been victimized by ransomware. Now, new reports have been released regarding another public municipality being attacked in Illinois. WAND News 17 has confirmed Moultrie County has also been hit with a cyber attack, with employees stating it was a
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