From 2018 to 2020 insider threats have increased 47% leading to a 31% increase in insider threat costs. In 2020, the total cost of insider threats was just under $11.5 million. Today, those numbers are increasing as cyber criminals are offering employees a hefty payday if they infect their corporate networks with ransomware. In August […]
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Ransomware – The Looming Threat Application Whitelisting for cyber security. Throughout the last 18 months, rarely did a day go by a company, school, government agency, or public municipality went without a ransomware infection. Since January, twelve educational institutions publicly announced being hit with ransomware, with ransom payments ranging from $28,000 to $2,900. The success
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Rob Cheng talked with Liz Callaway last week, discussing a variety of cybersecurity topics. However, as expected, ransomware was a hot topic, as well as the largest ransom demand in the world being issued just days ago. Renner of Brazil Targeted with Ransomware A handful of attacks had happened since the last time Cheng and
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Last week, PC Matic founder and CEO, Rob Cheng joined Liz Callaway on her radio show to discuss all things cyber. Cyber Regulations Several regulations have been implemented, or are the midst of implementation, as a result of recent cyber attacks. There are compliance certifications and regulatory measures that organizations must be taking in order
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Whitelisting – Is it worth the work? Recently, Information Week reported application whitelisting as an “extreme” method for preventing malware. Is it extreme? It very well could be. Application whitelisting goes against the very core of traditional security programs. Instead of using a blacklist, which allows unknown files to execute until they prove to
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Upon evaluating the state of eight federal agencies’ digital infrastructures through a cybersecurity audit, it was confirmed, four agencies nearly failed. Had this been the first cybersecurity audit of those agencies, the scores may not be as alarming. However, in 2018 a similar audit was conducted exposing many of the same cybersecurity risks. The reality
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As prevention has been top of mind for several organizations, PC Matic joins Scott Augenbaum, a 29-year veteran of the FBI who specialized in cybercrimes, to discuss application whitelisting and preventing cyber attacks. PC Matic Townhall During the one-hour townhall session, four different PC Matic employees discussed the approach PC Matic takes to prevention. By
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The video conferencing platform, Zoom, is facing a hefty fine after telling its users they were utilizing end-to-end (E2E) encryption for their platform’s meetings, when they were not. E2E encryption means the video conference would be encrypted, or inaccessible, unless the user provided an access, or decryption code. Zoom claimed they used E2E encryption, when
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The CSO Global Intelligence Report: The State of Cybersecurity in 2021 shares some interesting statistics on cybersecurity and the rate of infections. First, over 50% of those surveyed confirmed experiencing an increase in security incidents over the last year. What is more alarming is, nearly half of those infected reported economic damages, loss of productivity,
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Fifteen days ago, I wrote about an interview PC Matic Vice President, Corey Munson, had with the CEO of Secure Anchor Consulting, Dr. Eric Cole discussing cybersecurity prevention and application whitelisting. As you may recall, one of Dr. Cole’s biggest concerns, was the threat of extortion upon becoming a victim of ransomware. For those who
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