Our first consumer spotlight on ALM Consulting Services Inc. was conducted 8 months ago. Since then, they have more than tripled their amount of endpoints. ALM is a technical consulting firm located in Ennis, Texas. How has PC Matic MSP helped you grow your business? “We stumbled across PC Matic a couple of years ago, […]
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Connecticut Schools Hit Hard By Phishing Attacks Glastonbury Public Schools in Connecticut was the recent victim of a phishing attack. The phishing attack resulted in 1,600 W-2s being compromised. The school district is uncertain who exactly had their information exposed. However, they did report the food service personnel do not need to be concerned about
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Wood River Police Department of Illinois Hit With Ransomware According to The Telegraph, on March 5, 2017 the Wood River Police Department was hit with a malicious phishing attack that included ransomware. The phishing attack was successful, infecting one computer. However, the issues that presented after the attack set off red flags for the officers.
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PC Pitstop Included In Top 20 Endpoint Security Vendors As part of CRN’s annual Security 100 list, they also released the top 20 companies making a mark in the endpoint security market. PC Pitstop was featured on this list, with CRN stating, “PC Pitstop, well-known for its consumer PC Matic offering, has been seeing increased traction
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CyberEdge Group Releases Cyberthreat Defense Report CyberEdge Group, a research and marketing firm serving the security industry’s top vendors, shared the results of its fourth-annual Cyberthreat Defense Report. Key findings suggest, the security industry may be going insane. CyberEdge group CEO, Steve Piper states, “If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and
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Payment Processing Giant Breached Verifone, a major player in the payment processing industry, recently suffered a data breach. The breach took place in January of 2017. In initial reports, the company stated the impact of the breach was minimal, and effected internal company systems only. Meaning none of their Point of Sales (PoS) systems were
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Houston County Schools, in Alabama, has been using PC Matic Pro to protect America’s most valuable asset, education. Bob Blalock, Technology Coordinator for Houston County Schools, shared his experience with PC Matic Pro, their whitelist technology and technical support. Bob Blalock, Technology Coordinator, Houston County Schools: “We were a Sophos customer for about 10 years
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PA State Senate Ransomware Attack Pennsylvania senators were unable to access their computer networks and data after ransomware took over the Pennsylvania Senate’s computer systems. According to 10 TV, the attack hasn’t affected the state’s networks, which are separate from the Senate’s computers. The ransomware variant that successfully infiltrated the Senate’s system is not being disclosed, nor
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Registry Cleaning Tool Removed From PC Matic Default Effective immediately, PC Matic will be removing the registry cleaning from the default version of its security software. The option will remain within PC Matic; however, in order to use it, subscribers will need to enable the feature. Step-by-step instructions on how to do so, are provided at
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Companies Are Prepping to Pay Cyber Criminals According to Coin Telegraph, many corporations are preparing for ransomware attacks by increasing their supply of the non-traceable currency, bitcoins. Since bitcoins are not traceable, it is typically the currency of choice by hackers. Am I the only one who thinks this is absolutely absurd? Malware attacks of
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