Earlier this week the empire state’s capital, Albany, was paralyzed by ransomware. Now, just days later, the fifth largest county in Michigan, Genesee county, suffered a ransomware attack. Very few details are being released at this time, as the cyber attack is still quite fresh. However, here is what we do know — County officials […]
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In an attempt to draw attention to the security gaps found in many medical imaging devices, like CT or MRI machines, Israeli researchers have developed a malware specifically designed to exploit the vulnerability. The Malware Variant The malware they created would allow cyber criminals to add realistic, malignant-seeming growths to imaging scans before radiologists and doctors examine
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IT Pros Lack Ability to Adequately Detect and Respond to Insider Attacks A recent survey completed by Bitglass, a cloud access security brokering company, confirmed insider attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent. Of the IT professionals surveyed, over half confirmed their organization had experienced an insider attack during the past year. Even with the increase in
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Third-Party Tested Several Android Banking Apps, Proving Just How Vulnerable They Are A report prepared by the advisory firm, Aite Group for Arxan, confirms financial mobile apps are full of vulnerabilities. According to their findings these gaps stem from a lack of security controls and insecure coding within the apps themselves. Although the results are
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Another Public Municipality Has Fallen Victim to Ransomware – This Time, the City of Albany An unknown ransomware variant infected the city offices of New York’s state capital, the City of Albany. Although, employees were still expected to arrive to work Monday morning, city offices did not open until 12 p.m. EST. The city’s IT
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vxCrypter Removes Duplicate Files to Increase Encryption Speed A newly discovered ransomware variant, called vxCrypter, is going beyond the standard encryption included in all ransomware variants, and monitors hashes to ensure duplicate files are removed from the endpoint. BleepingComputer’s Lawrence Abrams, confirmed he discovered vxCrypter, and reported it is still under development. Based on his
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We have expanded the available configurations within the Installer Downloads – Endpoint Installer tab. When opening this tab, it will now have that level’s settings prepopulated for SuperShield Options. You can then adjust all of the SuperShield Options settings to fit the installation you’re about to do. It’s important to keep in mind that after
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Annual Guide Recognizes the IT Channel’s Top Partner Programs Sioux City, Iowa, April 1, 2019 – PC Matic Pro, America’s Antivirus, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has given PC Matic Pro a 5-Star rating in its 2019 Partner Program Guide. This annual guide identifies the strongest and most successful partner
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Those who are familiar with cryptocurrencies, understand how bad this is. For those who aren’t, here is a brief overview. Unlike traditional forms of currency, cryptocurrency is not tangible, is not protected by the FDIC, and in reality, is only as secure as where it is stored. This means, if the storage is compromised, so
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