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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According to Network World a recent ransomware attack was initiated on February 12, 2017, which completely overran MySQL Database. The attack originated from an IP address located in the Netherlands. The attack lead to thousands upon thousands of databases being erased and replaced with a .2 bitcoin ($234) ransom demand. Although the demand is not painstakingly
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Support Scam With Ransomware Ties Another support scam has evolved, tying in the concept of ransomware to increase their payday. The malicious attack occurs after the user chooses to download a fake Adobe update, or clicks on a malicious ad. Upon doing so, the computer will begin executing a malicious “update”, which results in the
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Thousands of Sites Impacted by Cloudflare Breach Cloudflare, a popular content delivery network, was recently breached. This breach impacted 3,400 websites, including popular sites such as Fitbit and Uber. A full list of impacted websites has not been released. Cloudflare has made a public statement on their blog, “The bug was serious because the leaked memory
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Who Relies on Third Party Testing When Considering Their AV Solution? In a recent survey conducted by PC Matic, participants were asked, “Which of the following independent anti-virus (AV) testing authorities did you consider when choosing your AV solution?” The options provided were Virus Bulletin, AV Comparatives, AV Labs, NSS Labs, SE Labs, Don’t use third party
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Users May Not Be To Blame For Security Breaches Can users be to be blame for the security breaches that seem to be hitting nationwide? Not entirely, but they certainly seem to be the scapegoat. Employers must be held accountable for the technology they provide their employees. If they are not supplying an adequate security
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