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 […]
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 Pitstop a winner in the 14th Annual 2018 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards® for Cyber Security Vendor Achievement of the Year. These prestigious global awards
The Malware Research team here at PC Pitstop has noticed a large number of hits on seemingly randomly-generated files in our research queue. Upon further investigation, it is apparent that these files are coming from Emotet Banking Trojan. In this post we will give a brief overview of the Trojan, how we detected it, and
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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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As we continue to grow, we are filling open positions with the finest American talent we can find. Our most recent job postings have yielded hundreds of resumes. We have always believed, as a company with 100% remote employees, that we are able to attract the highest-quality applicants that thrive in a nontraditional work environment.
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Wrapping Up 2017 with Multiple Awards Throughout Q4, PC Pitstop was honored to receive multiple awards for both the company, and different products. First, PC Matic was awarded the Best Anti-Malware Solution by American Security Today. This award was a part of American Security Today’s ASTOR awards, and was announced in October. PC Matic Pro
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Tech Scammers Call Offering Fraudulent Refunds There have been several reports lately regarding phone calls people have been receiving from individuals claiming to work for “a security company” who is going out of business. Therefore, they’re claiming this company owes the individual a refund. Although, we all know, there is no refund. They simply want
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Latest Microsoft Patch Update Causes USB Problems Microsoft issues a new patch the second Tuesday of every month. If additional updates are needed and they cannot wait a full month, the company may also release a patch update on the fourth Tuesday of the month. No one would be surprised if another update is released
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Update 4/6/2018: Six weeks after the ransomware variant, SamSam infiltrated Colorado DOT’s networks, systems are still not running at full efficiency. The remediation cost have totaled approximately $1.5 million, and networks are only working at 80%. The costs included in the estimate only include the overtime costs and other unexpected costs. Update 3/6/2018: This just keeps getting
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