One Year Later As we’ve been reminded, on March 11th, 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. A few days later, we were in lockdown. It was wild and a little scary, and I remember thinking how chaotic everything looked. News reports were saying the quarantine could last as long as June. I was […]
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No Official Word Acer manufactures computers. Laptops, desktops, and monitors are what they’re commonly known for. It seems this past week, however, they’ve been concentrating on someone else’s technology. On March 18th, the Taiwanese tech giant was hit with REvil ransomware. The ransomware gang posted several images of what they claimed were stolen Acer financial
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It’s Not All About Malware We’ve talked before about the ability malware has to infect your phone. But it’s not always about malware. Malware, for reference, means any software with malicious intent. This does include ransomware, but also includes code with the ability to record keystrokes or simply saddle you with something that breaks your
The Attack Tuesday evening, the Tri-County Public Safety Network operating in Albany, Saratoga, and Rensselaer counties were hacked. Reports mention the attack happened around 9:30pm and no services in Albany county were disrupted. Officials worked through the night with vendors and the state Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Incident Response Team to mitigate the impacts,
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How Long Is Too Long If you’ve never received an email letting you know your data was compromised, consider yourself lucky. I’ve had three within the past five years (one of which was within the past week). They’re all the same; carefully worded non-apologies about the leaking of your personal information. A lot of the
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After a data breach that affected more than 1 million people in Washington State, legislators introduced two bills. One aims to strengthen cybersecurity infrastructure while the other wants to change data collection. As reported by Governing.com, “If passed, the two bills heard in committee Tuesday would boost cybersecurity at state government agencies. A bill requested
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UPMC Breach shows a larger server network security problem. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) had the private information of more than 36,000 people breached. But the medical giant itself was not the direct target of the compromise. A smaller law firm they use for billing-related legal services experienced the event from April to
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Cybersecurity At Every Age Last week, PC Matic VP of Sales, Corey Munson, sat down with Scott N. Schober. Scott’s book, Senior Cyber: Best Security Practices for Your Golden Years covers topics, “From the basics of the internet to the fight for healthcare privacy and security that is so critical to our aging population, Senior Cyber offers
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PC Matic Cybersecurity Investment: Makers of PC Matic, Open to Investor Opportunities Cybersecurity Investment Opportunities. PC Matic, a privately held, American anti-virus software firm, would like to develop relationships with the investment community. This is in anticipation of a future outside investment, said CEO Rob Cheng. He founded Sioux City, Iowa-based PC Pitstop in 1999 and owns
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To expand your visibility over possible vulnerabilities in your environment, we have expanded PC Matic PRO‘s Endpoint Vulnerabilities report to include two new reports: SuperShield Blacklist/Learning Mode Enabled, and Lockout Thresholds Not Set. SuperShield Blacklist/Learning Mode Enabled When SuperShield is left in Blacklist Only or Learning Mode outside of a normal test or implementation phase, it leaves
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