PC Matic Earns Second Consecutive AV-Test Certification PC Matic first tested with AV-Test in the fall of 2017, and earned its first AV-Test certification at that time. In January and February of 2018, AV-Test conducted another round of testing in their Home Windows test category. The testing resulted in AV-Test awarding PC Matic 3.0 with […]
Government Encourages Application Whitelisting to Boost Security Against Russian Hackers On March 15, 2018 the U.S. government made a statement confirming the U.S. power grid had been compromised by the Russians. Unsettling news, to say the least. Whitelisting application software for cybersecurity could help prevent the attacks on the grid infrastructure. Although, various news outlets
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Cyber Defense Magazine Names 2018 InfoSec Awards Finalists Over the last six months, Cyber Defense Magazine has read through over 3,000 nominations for their coveted 2018 InfoSec Awards. After proper review, the judges have named the finalists. PC Pitstop is honored to be named one of Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2018 InfoSec Awards finalists for its
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Crypto-Jacking Skyrockets Over Last 10 Months Just last month, we introduced our readers to the concept of crypto-jacking. Crypto-jacking occurs when a hacker takes over a user’s device, without their permission to mine for crypto-currencies. The crypto-mining act itself, is not malware. The hackers are merely using the device to mine for the digital currency.
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Sioux City, Iowa – March 6, 2018 – PC Pitstop announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named PC Matic Pro a winner in the 14th Annual 2018 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards® for Most Innovative Security Product of the Year. These prestigious global
Promoting Superior Protection for Homes, Schools, and Government Agencies 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
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The Prevention Message We entered the channel with Synnex in March 2016. Shortly after, we inked a consulting arrangement with Gartner Corporation, the largest IT consulting group in the world. Included in that agreement was a pass to Gartner’s Risk and Security Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Thousands upon thousands of IT security professionals from
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PC Matic Pro Security Solutions now available at volume contract pricing for Savvik member agencies Sioux City, Iowa, February 20, 2017 – TKK Electronics, LLC won a significant national contract with Savvik to provide a range of technology products to its 6,500 member agencies in the United States. Products available on the contract range from laptops
Experts Believe Crypto-Jacking is Next Big Cyber Threat Experts have shifted their emphasis from ransomware to crypto-jacking when considering today’s emerging cyber threats. Ransomware is a malicious software that encrypts files, then demands a payment to unlock them. Alternatively, crypto-jacking is the unauthorized use of one’s computer or network to mine for digital currency, or
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Malware Takes Systems Offline, Disrupting 2018 Winter Olympics An unknown malware variant infected the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics computer systems. The infection took place right before the opening ceremonies on February 9, 2018. It appears the infection was initiated by an insider who knew various pieces of the networking and credentials needed to successfully infiltrate the systems.
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