Utah’s Garfield County Paid Attackers Undisclosed Amount to Regain Access to Network and Files The number of recent ransomware attacks on public municipalities is staggering. Over the last few weeks, attackers have successfully infiltrated the networks of the City of Albany, the City of Greenville, Genesee County, Orange County, and now Garfield County. The exact […]
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Tax Evasion Scam Spreads, and Hackers Want Paid — or Else… Extortion emails have increased in popularity lately, starting with the massive sextortion campaign that began earlier this year. Now, a new extortion scam is underway that claims the victim’s computer was hacked. Then, upon being hacked, it was determined taxes were being hidden from the
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Recently highlighted in an article on CSO Online by Roger A. Grimes, Malware Dwell Time is an incredibly important way to measure your antivirus software’s effectiveness. Traditional antivirus software functions on a blacklist of known bad software to block and keep your devices secure. However, with the incredible speed that new malware is created today,
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We talk a lot here about the security of your devices, and for good reason. Smartphones and Computers are prime targets for malware, ransomware, and general mischievous cybercriminals looking to grab a buck. But a lot of us also have another version of ourselves that lives in the cloud among the various social media platforms.
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Our team recently posted a response to the ‘Computer Skeptic’ after he wrote an article full of baseless false claims about our products. That response seems to have made it’s way to him, leading to a follow-up post on his website. We had hoped the ‘Computer Skeptic’ would have shown an interest in testing PC
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We just introduced changes to PC Matic Pro and MSP to further protect your devices from cybercriminals and mischievous users. PC Matic and SuperShield can no longer be uninstalled from the control panel on each device. You are able to uninstall the software completely using three different methods outlined below. If the device is online
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They say you’re only as strong as your weakest link. This couldn’t be any more accurate when it comes to the strength of an organization’s cyber security. Even if there are knowledgeable IT professionals within the organization, and most employees are trained in cyber security risks — it only takes one. One person to click
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Payroll Management Services Severed After Ransomware Corrupts Systems On February 19, 2019 an unknown ransomware variant infected the payroll firm, APEX Human Capital Management. This infection left their primary and backup networks entirely corrupted, rendering not only their services useless, but also impacting the firm’s 350+ clients. The initial hope was for services to be
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As a product, PC Matic stands out against our competition in several ways. However, our products aren’t the only thing that set us apart. Over the past few years, PC Pitstop has been able to make sales in a way that no other security software provider has been able to do: television advertising. We update
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PC Matic Pro Team Explores Partner and Consumer-Facing Events As 2018 Comes to an End Throughout the fourth quarter of 2018, the PC Matic Pro team traveled nationwide to spread the word of application whitelisting and improving one’s cyber security measures to focus on proactive detection. In October, several team members traveled to Greenville,
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