Scammers Portray Charitable Giving for Hurricane Harvey Victims It’s unfortunate this article even has to be written. But it does. Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc throughout Texas, and it is clear the storm has not yet passed. It is now, when our country works together to bring some kind of peace to those victims. Often […]
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Ransomware Attack Leaves Thousands of Patient Files Exposed The Salina Family Healthcare Center, located in Salina, Kansas was hit with ransomware in June of 2017. The ransom demands were not met. Instead, the infected servers and endpoints were taken offline until they could be scrubbed and backups could be installed. Now, two months after
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NHS Lanarkshire Infected with Malware — Again The NHS Lanarkshire hospital, located in Scotland was the victim of yet another ransomware attack. The malware variant that infected the system is reported to be different than the WannaCry ransomware that infiltrated the system in May. The attack took down the facility’s email systems and left staff
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Ransomware Went Undetected for a Month — Exposing Thousands of Patient Files St. Mark’s Surgical Center, located in Fort Myers, Florida was the victim of a ransomware attack in April. However, the attack was not discovered until May, when the medical facility conducted a forensic investigation. The event that triggered the investigation is not being
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CRN Names Hot Products to Check Out Right Now CRN is the top news source for solution providers and the IT channel, providing up-to-date technology news as well as IT vendor and product reviews. Recently they shared the 30 hottest products that business professionals need to check out right now. PC Matic was honored to
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Cyber Crime is Skyrocketing – And the U.S. has a New Plan With the increased cyber crime the world is facing today, countries are beginning to look for alternative methods to divert malware attacks. The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency is doing just that. In recent reports, there have been talks of rerouting malware attacks back
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Kaspersky Ties to Russian FSB Revealed Kaspersky Labs, the Moscow-based security provider, has adamatly denied any ties to the Russian government. However, CBS News recently confirmed a certificate has surfaced confirming a relationship between the security firm and the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). This certificate confirms the U.S. government’s concerns of ties between the
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Why do employees bypass IT regulations? Recently seven different cyber security experts provided insight regarding the lack of employee compliance with a company’s IT regulations. The input ranged from immediate gratification to simple ignorance. PC Matic’s Vice President of Cyber Security shared, “Another reason being, some employees simply don’t ask IT for help. Instead, they
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Your taskbar can be one of the most efficient tools on your PC. Between the search bar, pinned apps, and icons accessible near your clock — you can make your Windows 10 taskbar fully customizable. Unpinning Apps from Taskbar The Windows 10 taskbar comes with apps already pinned. This may include Edge, TripAdvisor, Mail, etc.
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Phishing Attacks – One of the largest cyber threats facing users today A phishing attack, or email that includes a malicious link or attachment, has been a growing threat throughout this year. Why? Because email addresses are very easy to obtain. Whether it is through a security breach of a business or a website leak,
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