Kayla Elliott

Adult FriendFinder Breached – Exposing 100M Records

Kayla Elliott / October 24, 2016

A hacker took to Twitter stating they had successfully hacked the Adult FriendFinder. The tweet included two screenshots that led authorities to believe they had access to the website’s infrastructure. The breach has yet to be confirmed; however it is imperative the company take these threats seriously. Many times, it will take months or even

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Automated Global Whitelist: Strengthening the Cybersecurity Infrastructure

Kayla Elliott / October 24, 2016

It’s time we start taking control of our endpoint security with an automated global whitelist… Ransomware has undoubtedly taken the world by storm, demanding organizations to take action on the files locked down by attackers by paying a hefty amount for users’ data to be saved. This year alone, the FBI predicts losses from ransomware

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Rainbow Children’s Clinic Looses Patient Files to Ransomware

Kayla Elliott / October 19, 2016

A ransomware attack stuck three Rainbow Children’s Clinic locations in Texas in August. Over 33,000 patients who have rendered services at these facilities, have had their information compromised. The clinic is offering free credit monitoring services to those who have been impacted. Information Management reported some files have been completely lost due to the ransomware corruption.

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PC Matic Makes Nothing Happen! Wait, What?

Kayla Elliott / October 17, 2016

There is something to be said about nothing happening… The idea of nothing happening sounds bad, right? We want stuff to happen! Unless we’re talking about your PC’s security. If something happens, referencing your PC’s security, that isn’t a good thing. That means that today’s cyber security threats have infiltrated your system. When something happens,

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New Ransomware Encrypts Each File Seperately

Kayla Elliott / October 14, 2016

CryPy ransomware takes the time to encrypt each file independently, to make decryption more difficult… Ransomware continues to evolve in various ways. First, there was polymorphic ransomware, changing codes every few seconds to avoid detection from the traditional blacklist security software programs. Then, there has been ransomware that will not only encrypt your data, but steal

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Best Computer Protection Software – PC Matic – The World’s Best

Kayla Elliott / October 13, 2016

PC Matic customer reports having the world’s best computer protection… “PC Matic is the world’s best computer protection software. It has protected my computer for years now and I never have any problems. I can’t say that with other programs I have used in the past. PC Matic is absolutely the best your money can

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95% of IT Pros Question Election Booth Security

Kayla Elliott / October 12, 2016

Only 5% of IT pros feel very confident in election booth security… With the upcoming election quickly approaching, we wanted to know how IT Pros felt about election booth security. To find out, PC Matic Pro conducted a poll with the IT Pro community on Spiceworks to see what they had to say. The poll found a vast

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Community Foundation Resolves Ransomware Attack to Find Data Breach

Kayla Elliott / October 11, 2016

Hutchinson Community Foundation recovered from a ransomware attack, to find the criminals hacked their data too… On September 19, 2016, Hutchinson Community Foundation, in Hutchinson, Kansas, found out they had been hacked. Not only had they been hacked, but they were hit a ransomware attack. Ransomware is the malware that will encrypt users files, locking them until

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