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Cyber Security Hygiene Affects Network and Endpoint Security with Application Whitelisting

Researchers Exploit Security Gaps in Medical Imaging Devices

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In an attempt to draw attention to the security gaps found in many medical imaging devices, like CT or MRI machines, Israeli researchers have developed a malware specifically designed to exploit the vulnerability. The Malware Variant  The malware they created would allow cyber criminals to add realistic, malignant-seeming growths to imaging scans before radiologists and doctors examine […]

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57% of Malware Attacks Can’t Be Stopped By Traditional AV Solutions

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Most Security Solutions Fail to Protect Against a Majority of Malware Attacks A recent study found 57% of malware attacks were being spread through fileless scripting agents, like PowerShell. This generates a major problem for organizations that rely on traditional antivirus solutions to thwart malware attacks. Most security solutions only scan the executable files for

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Hackers Demand Millions from MSP After Infecting Networks with Ransomware

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MSP Falls Victim to Ransomware, Infecting Thousands of Customer Networks An unknown hacking group recently targeted a U.S. managed service provider (MSP) with ransomware.  This led to thousands of their customers getting infected with malicious software, totaling approximately 2,000 different networks.  After the ransomware executed, hackers demanded over $2 million to restore the encrypted files. 

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Latest Data Breach Exposes 2.7B Email and Password Combinations

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Another Year, Another Breach — and this one is major… It’s January 18, 2019 — not even a full month into a new year, and a major data breach has been reported, exposing a total of 2.7 billion different email and password combinations.  The data set breached, deemed “Collection #1”, includes over 772 million email

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Latest Ransomware Strain Targets Victims With Deepest Pockets

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Ryuk, the latest ransomware variant that has taken the world by storm, has been targeting victims that promise big paydays.  This is the same ransomware strain that hit Tribune Publishing in December of 2018, leaving the distribution of multiple major newspapers, like the L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune, at a standstill.  This is just one

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Major Newspapers Nationwide Failed to Print Due to Ransomware Infection

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NY Daily News, LA Times and San Deigo Union Tribune Suffer Post-Ransomware Infection Major news publications across the United States were halted over the weekend due to a suspected ransomware attack.  Tribune Publishing, responsible for printing several major newspapers like Chicago Tribune, LA Times, San Diego Union Tribune, NY Daily News, and the Baltimore Sun, suffered

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IRS Issues Warning – Watch Out For Fraudulent Tax Emails

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Scammers Portray IRS in Latest Phishing Scam Earlier this week, the IRS issued a warning to tax payers regarding a fraudulent email that has been impersonating the agency.  The email includes tax transcripts, in an attempt to get the users to click on the documents, which contain malware.  The biggest risk would be employees clicking

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No, That’s Not Your Antivirus – Exposing Tech Support Scams

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Antivirus companies have been the target of scammers for quite some time now.  The primary reason being, customers trust their security solution vendor.  Therefore, if you call, who you think is your antivirus solution, and they want remote access to your PC, you’ll likely give it to them.  Big mistake. How are they doing this?

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