According to one of the world’s largest cyber security conferences, RSA, there is no way to reliably stop future cyber attacks. This sounds rather dismal. Yet, depending on the security approach being deployed, it may be entirely accurate. In order to effectively stop future cyber attacks, there are proactive approaches businesses of all shapes and […]
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Another Cyber Attack Targets Georgia Update 3/11/2019: The County hired a third-party cyber security consultant to help determine the best route to restore their networks. After investigation, it was determined, the consultant would negotiate a payment with the hackers, in an attempt to regain access to the encrypted files. Reports have confirmed, Jackson County has
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Sioux City, Iowa, March 4, 2019 – PC Pitstop, the leader in preventative malware detection, announced today that Cyber Defense Magazine, the industry’s leading electronic information security publication, has named PC Matic Pro the Editor’s Choice Anti-Malware in its 2019 Infosec Awards. CDM has spent the past six months scouring the globe and found nearly 3,000 companies
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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Cyber security is a growing topic, whether it is at home with friends or family, or at work with the boss or colleagues. Online threats have continued to advance year-over-year with cyber crime costs consistently increasing. With the growing risks, it is important small and medium businesses (SMBs) understand the key steps they need to
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If scammers end up reaching out to you this tax season, it will likely be through one of these two avenues – phone calls or emails. Although this is quite broad, it’s important to know the following about each potential attack. Fake Phone Calls First, scammers will mask their caller ID so it reflects an
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Do you ever check your spam or junk folders? I do not. Or should I say, I didn’t until recently. About a month ago, I got an email from a fellow co-worker stating someone had reached out to both of us, but it went into her spam folder instead of her inbox. I checked, and it
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Taking Pride in Our Roots to Gateway, Inc. PC Pitstop, the maker of PC Matic, PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP, is a company with strong roots to the computer manufacturing company, Gateway, Inc. PC Pitstop founder and CEO, Rob Cheng, started his career at Gateway in 1991 as their first Director of Marketing.
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Moving Past Windows 7 — Should You Pull The Trigger? A few weeks ago, we touched on the idea that Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7 updates in 2020. This led some users into a frenzy about upgrading to Windows 10 and the cost associated with it. Others were ready to ditch Microsoft altogether,
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Another Way to Exploit People to Turn a Quick Profit, Does It Ever End? Hackers have used several different platforms to share their scams. These have ranged from fraudulent “tech support” websites, malicious social media posts, and scam phone calls. In addition, there have been tax scams spread through phone calls, or fake emails. The
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