LA Medical Center Infected With Ransomware Pacific Alliance Medical Center, located in Los Angeles California, suffered a ransomware attack in mid-June of 2017. It is because of this attack, concerns of a data breach have risen. With the hackers having access to the medical center’s systems, it is possible they had visibility to patient files […]
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ETERNALBLUE, DOUBLEPULSAR, Heartbleed…. Many of us have heard of these terms and possibly of their association with malware. However, the ecosystem and jargon can be confusing. How is ETERNALBLUE really related to WannaCry and Petya? What is the difference between an exploit and a malware to begin with? As a Malware Researcher, I’ve done deep
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Malware Exploits Microsoft PowerPoint Vulnerability A new malware campaign has been sent into the wild, and most security programs are not detecting it. Remcos, the malware variant, is bypassing detection by exploiting a Microsoft PowerPoint vulnerability. Remcos is hidden within a malicious attachment that is being distributed via email. The email is disguised as an
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Monday Morning To begin this week, two of our PC Matic team members were targeted by a malicious email attachment from a contact they recently met. Both employees recognized right away something fishy with the email and believed it to be something malicious. All members of our team have taken part in the KnowBe4 cyber
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Q2 Television Ads 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
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The second quarter of 2017 is in the books and we hit a record. Year over year revenue grew a whopping 32%. I am proud of that, but we really are just beginning. It is time to grow. There are two factors driving Q2’s outstanding results. First was the worldwide ransomware news about the WannaCry
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PC Matic Customers Protected Against 2017 Global Attacks PC Matic is pleased to report that not a single one of PC Matic, PC Matic Pro or PC Matic MSP customers were impacted by the two global cyber attacks, WannaCry and NotPetya. WannaCry was the first global ransomware attack. The ransomware effectively infected approximately 250,000 endpoints
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Making Presence Known at Automation Nation Towards the end of the second quarter, the PC Matic team traveled to Orlando, Florida for Automation Nation. This is a premier event for ConnectWise, previously known as LabTech, partners. PC Matic’s Vice President of Cyber Security, Dodi Glenn, presented during one of the breakout sessions. There were 57
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Building the PC Matic Brand Through New Avenues One of the ways that PC Matic is unique, is our ability to use television ads as a major advertising source. Building on our success using this marketing method, we decided to test additional ads on alternative entertainment sources throughout the second quarter of 2017. In Q2,
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Major Strikes Made in Q2 The second quarter of 2017 was one of growth. The PC Matic Partner Program experienced a 78% increase in the number of active value-added resellers (VARs). This growth can be attributed to various aspects. First our sales and marketing team have been traveling at least monthly to various trade shows
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