Hackers Demand $30,000 or Else… Ransomware, or malicious software that locks data and demands a payment to unlock it, isn’t something uncommon. Unfortunately, ransomware has become one of today’s largest cyber security threats. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that yet another ransomware attack has hit Canadian college, University of Fraser Valley. Although, these […]
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What All Comes with Recommended Installation? How many times have you installed a program and just hit “Next”, “Next”, “Next”? Often times we assume we are just installing the program we want. That too often, is not the case. When installing a program, the default installation process goes to “Recommended” or “Suggested”. Many users leave
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Top 5 IT stories for the week of October 30th Hilton settles for $700,000 after 2015 breach – In 2015 Hilton suffered two security breaches. Combined these two breaches resulted in over 350,000 credit card numbers being stolen. Although, this may not even be the biggest issue. Hilton failed to notify the victims of the
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It’s Crunch Time to Protect Federal Devices A recent study revealed 44% of federal devices are not properly protected against cyber security threats. As if this isn’t concerning enough, devices are being interconnected more than ever. Therefore, these unprotected endpoints can serve as a gateway to infect an entire system or network. To ensure proper
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Majority of Employees Personally Pay Ransom Demands In a survey completed by Intermedia, it was found that a vast majority of employees paid up after being hit with ransomware. Ransomware is a malicious software that infiltrates devices, servers, and networks which encrypts data. After encryption a ransom note will be displayed, stating in order to
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The FTC and the State of Alabama recently settled with several tech support companies which were alleging to be from major technology companies such as Microsoft and Apple. The companies include: Trothsolutions Inc. Trothsolutions LLC Quickkonto LLC Crazy Bee Man of Palm Beach Inc. eDoorways International Corp. Airoways LLC Escue Energy, Inc. These tech support
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Infinite Alert Hoax Exposed! About a month ago, PC Pitstop created a public service announcement to the general public regarding the infinite alert hoax. This is a common fraudulent tech support alert that informs PC users they need to contact a support technician to “fix” their PC. Examples of the alerts can be seen below:
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Online Security Takes Backseat to Convenience Although cyber security has been brought to everyone’s attention due to the recent global ransomware attacks, and major security breaches, it still takes a backseat to customer convenience. A recent survey discovered merchants believe the degree of user-friendliness is the number one priority compared to the level of online security
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A recent study found approximately 40% of end users who had a traditional antivirus in place during the first half of this year, experienced a malware attack. Traditional security solutions include a vast majority of those on the market. They are software programs that utilize a blacklist technology, which only blocks known malware threats. Therefore,
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Third Global Ransomware Attack of 2017 First, there was WannaCry, which hit the globe in mid-May. Second, came NotPetya in June. Third, was the latest global ransomware attack, Bad Rabbit. This ransomware variant is believed to originate in Russia. However, it quickly spread throughout Ukraine, targeting various transportation systems. Avast also reported infections in Poland,
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