November 30, 2016 – PC Matic has been named a bronze winner in Best New Product of the Year – SMB in Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. Developed, researched, and supported in the U.S., PC Matic is the only trusted security […]
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In the 1970’s, the United States suffered an oil shortage. There were long lines at the gas pump, and people began stealing gas from one car to another. One outcome of the crisis was the federal government created a metric (MPG) to measure vehicle fuel efficiency. Today, all cars have an MPG ratings, and more
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I attended my first Virus Bulletin in 2013 in Berlin, Germany. It was perhaps one of the most important conferences I have attended as the CEO of PC Pitstop. During that short three day period, I learned of the first outbreaks of ransomware, the first of a new type of virus called a time bomb
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PC Matic CEO, Rob Cheng, presented at the Synnex Inspire Conference. This is the premier Synnex partner event which occurs on an annual basis. This event has a total of over 1,300 attendees, with 475 of which being resellers. Rob’s session focused on the growing threat of ransomware and the endpoint security solutions for these
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Vice President of Cyber Security for PC Matic, Dodi Glenn, took part in an expert roundtable focusing on antivirus protection. The roundtable was sponsored by SpiceWorks, one of the largest information technology platforms used by IT professionals. The other participants included representatives from Kaspersky, SOPHOS and iBoss. The experts weighed in on modern cyber security
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There are millions of malware threats targeting PCs worldwide. PC Matic’s Vice President of Cyber Security, Dodi Glenn, has been researching malware trends, as well as which variants tend to be more popular than others. He has provided his findings below, along with each variant’s distribution methods. Bitcoin Miner – This malware attempts to steal
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PC Matic’s Vice President of Cyber Security, Dodi Glenn, recently conducted a webinar regarding how to strengthen cyber security infrastructures with an automated global whitelist approach. During the webinar, Dodi discussed the current threat landscape, malware sample manipulation, and preventative detection with application whitelisting. Dodi shared with the audience the malware trends, and his thoughts
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According to BNA, cyber criminals gained access to a pension plans affiliated with Missouri-based Schnucks, Dierbergs Markets and Shop ‘n Save supermarkets. This hack impacted over 18,000 files, although the information retrieved by the hackers is unknown. Collin Reischman, a spokesman for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 in Ballwin, Missouri reported the organization has
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PC Pitstop, makers of PC Matic, are pleased to announced they were cited as an Innovative Vendor in Application Control in the Gartner Event Summary. Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2016 — London, report published 27 October 2016 by Gartner. Gartner is the world’s leading information technology company. PC Matic provides expert advice to
Computer Virus Update: As of November 2nd, NHS is still struggling to get their systems up and running as normal. According to Graham Cluley, outpatient and diagnostic procedures were cancelled for today, with the exception of a few select services. NHS Trust canceled all operations at three hospitals after a computer virus spread throughout their systems.
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