Payment Processing Giant Breached Verifone, a major player in the payment processing industry, recently suffered a data breach. The breach took place in January of 2017. In initial reports, the company stated the impact of the breach was minimal, and effected internal company systems only. Meaning none of their Point of Sales (PoS) systems were […]
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Houston County Schools, in Alabama, has been using PC Matic Pro to protect America’s most valuable asset, education. Bob Blalock, Technology Coordinator for Houston County Schools, shared his experience with PC Matic Pro, their whitelist technology and technical support. Bob Blalock, Technology Coordinator, Houston County Schools: “We were a Sophos customer for about 10 years
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PA State Senate Ransomware Attack Pennsylvania senators were unable to access their computer networks and data after ransomware took over the Pennsylvania Senate’s computer systems. According to 10 TV, the attack hasn’t affected the state’s networks, which are separate from the Senate’s computers. The ransomware variant that successfully infiltrated the Senate’s system is not being disclosed, nor
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Registry Cleaning Tool Removed From PC Matic Default Effective immediately, PC Matic will be removing the registry cleaning from the default version of its security software. The option will remain within PC Matic; however, in order to use it, subscribers will need to enable the feature. Step-by-step instructions on how to do so, are provided at
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Companies Are Prepping to Pay Cyber Criminals According to Coin Telegraph, many corporations are preparing for ransomware attacks by increasing their supply of the non-traceable currency, bitcoins. Since bitcoins are not traceable, it is typically the currency of choice by hackers. Am I the only one who thinks this is absolutely absurd? Malware attacks of
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Malware Prevention Deemed Higher Priority Than Detection According to a recent study conducted by Barkley, 51% of IT pros would allocate additional funds to malware prevention over detection and recovery efforts. This should come as no surprise, considering one in three respondents gave their organizations a failing grade when it comes to prevention of malware
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Cyber Security Industry Faces Major Flaw The cyber security industry is facing some major issues, as cyber threats continue to grow at exponential rates. One of the biggest issues the industry is facing is the lack of emphasis on malware detection. Considering the concept of cyber security is to keep user data safe from malware
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Accessing Airplane Mode Airplane mode is a setting available on smart phones, tablets, laptops, and other portable devices. The setting will disable WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth. This not only makes the devices safe to use while flying, but will also significantly increase battery life. If you plan to travel soon, I would encourage you to
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CloudPets Breached Leaving 820k Users Exposed The children’s toy, CloudPets, has been breached, leaving 820,000 users exposed. This led to an estimated 2.2 million voice recordings between parents and their children being leaked. What is most shocking is just how avoidable this data breach was. According to Troy Hunt, the platform the toy used, MongoDB, did
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Russians Attempt to Hack Security Expert Dodi Glenn, Vice President of Cyber Security for PC Matic, was recently the victim of an attempted hack. Dodi received an email notifying him of a failed login attempt to his remote desktop. Russians attempted to hack into his account, from Kaluga, Russia. Below is the email Dodi received.
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