Ransomware Leaves Ohio Clinic Inoperable We’ve heard of ransomware infections infecting hospitals and clinics. We’ve also heard that at times patients have been sent away because some of the more sophisticated procedures could not be done. Now, a medical clinic in northeastern Ohio has been completely shut down due to a ransomware attack. Pulmonary Physicians […]
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New “Get Rich Quick” Scheme Leads to Ransomware A new scam is luring people into downloading ransomware. The scheme is targeting crypto-wallet users, and could also be spreading through phishing attacks. The scam is encouraging users to download a new form of crypto-currency that is bound to make them buku bucks. The fake crypto-currency, SpriteCoin,
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Ransomware has become rather well known in the cyber security industry over the last two years. It is projected there were $5 billion dollars worth of ransomware damages in 2017, and that number is only expected to increase in 2018. Below you will find a list of the publicized ransomware attacks of 2018. If you’re
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Is Monero the New Bitcoin? With the boom in bitcoin popularity, hackers are beginning to find an alternative crypto-currency to use for ransom demands. Due to more individuals buying bitcoin, the process of purchasing the digital currency has become rather cumbersome. One of the biggest issues lies in the amount of time it takes to
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Six Weeks After Ransomware Attack, Idaho School District Still Struggling… Jerome School District, located in Jerome, Idaho, is still struggling to get their systems fully functional, six weeks after a ransomware infection. After successfully encrypting the district’s files on December 11, 2017, the cyber criminals demanded bitcoin to decrypt, or unlock, the files. At that
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BEWARE: Scammers Post Fake PC Matic Phone Number This isn’t the first time scammers began targeting PC Matic users. In the middle of 2017, there was a scam going around where hackers would call PC Matic users claiming to be our support team. Now there is a website, www.pcmaticsupportnumber.com, that is scamming our customers into
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Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) Facing Major Risks Cyber criminals do not discriminate. Businesses of all shapes and sizes, even home users, are not immune to today’s cyber threats. Prior to ransomware, remediation was possible. Users would get infected with malware and the user would run their antivirus to remove it and resolve the negative
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MailChimp Finds Major Error in System MailChimp, an email distribution site, has found a major privacy error within their systems. The error is believed to be in every link sent out in all of the emails they’ve distributed. For instance, a website link shares the users current and past webpages visited and the unsubscribe link
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Ransomware Attack Targets New Mexico City Office On January 3, 2018, the ransomware variant, SamSam, infected the city offices of Farmington, New Mexico. The ransomware infection successfully encrypted multiple areas of the city office including the electronic bill pay and records processing. Although, the infection did not impact utility operations and the city office has
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Two Indiana Hospital Ransomware Attacks Hit on the Same Day On January 11th, Hancock Regional Hospital was hit with ransomware. After resorting to paper filing, they chose to pay the $55,000 ransom demands. What’s even more shocking is, they had the backup files available to restore the system without paying the ransom. Now, another report
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