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Ransomware Damages Increase to $20B in Three Years If we look at cyber crime, as a business instead of the crime that it is, we may begin to understand it a bit better. This “business” is booming, and there’s no end in sight. Why? Because society worldwide is making it profitable. Any business that is […]
Ransomware Damages Projected to Reach $20B by 2021 Read More »
100% of Revenues Going to Project Meet Me Halfway Have you heard of Giving Tuesday? It’s the Tuesday after Cyber Monday, which is meant to focus on giving back to organizations or your community. The idea is pretty wonderful, considering the days leading up to it are full of buying the latest gadgets for friends,
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PC Matic Exposes Failing Security Vendors The concept of an antivirus failing isn’t new. To be quite frank, it has become rather common. New ransomware attacks are being successfully executed daily, and only a fraction of them are made public. And what’s worse — those that do go public, rarely share which security solution they
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Social security numbers continue to be compromised — we need a solution The fear associated with breaches has subsided. As a nation, we have become entirely desensitized to this threat, making news of the latest security breach nothing but more significant than today’s weather. We have accepted this as a way of life, thanks to
America’s SSN Systems Aren’t Secure – But Few Alternatives Are Available Read More »
Hackers Offer No Treats, Only Tricks… As we inch closer and closer to the holiday season, hackers are becoming more and more aware of ways to exploit users. Below are the top 10 ways cyber criminals are capitalizing on user behavior: Unsecured WiFi connections, what’s the harm? By using public WiFi, or any other form
Top 10 Tricks Cyber Ghouls Hope You Fall For Read More »
Going back to the basics… The concept of cyber security has become convoluted. Users aren’t sure what software to buy, or if one program is even enough. Often times they’ll try to use three different products that all do the same thing, which in turn interferes with each one’s functionality. So, PC Matic wants to go
Avoid Intruders By Simply Locking Your Doors…. Read More »
Advancements to Sextortion Scams Continue Hackers continue to trick users into thinking their computers have been infected with malware that recorded videos of them watching porn. In an attempt to legitimize their claims, the hackers reveal they know a real password the victim has used and have begun spoofing victims’ email addresses. By spoofing the email
Sextortion Scams Are Sending Users Into a Frenzy Read More »
Symantec Claims to be Industry Leading — But Are They Really? According to a federal ruling, Symantec Corporation will have to continue defending against class claims that its Norton and Enterprise products failed to protect its users against the latest online cyber threats. Edward Chen of the U.S District Court ruled Symantec’s statement that its
Two Romanian Hackers Face Charges for D.C. Camera Hack A mere days before the 2017 Presidential Innaugeration, Washington D.C.’s police cameras were inaccessible due to ransomware that infected approximately 126 computers connected to the camera’s networks. After infecting the systems, hackers demanded over $60,000 to restore the systems. However, the IT department worked quickly, taking
Romanian Hackers Arrested for D.C. Police Camera Hack Read More »
Ransomware Attacks Drive 44.53% of Endusers to Reconsider Their Antivirus Solutions Not only are ransomware attacks taking place daily, but news coverage of these attacks has increased. Therefore, the public has become more aware of this cyber threat. The same can be said for another cyber threat, crypto-jacking. Not long ago, computer users would have
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