January 2019 • PC Matic Blog

Cyber Attack Forces Akron to Take Down City Resource Number

Kayla Elliott / January 28, 2019

The city of Akron, Ohio has been identified as the latest victim of a cyber attack… An unknown ransomware variant infected the city’s networks, targeting key hardware and software systems on January 22, 2018. In an attempt to mitigate the spread of the malicious software, the city took systems offline — including their 311 information number.

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Unpaid Medical Scams

Devin Bergin / January 25, 2019

Another day, another attempted scam coming from your unfriendly neighborhood cyber criminal. This time they’re banking on your fear of unpaid medical bills.

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Police Department Held Hostage by Cyber Criminals

Kayla Elliott / January 24, 2019

Maryland Police Department Suffers Cyber Attack On January 9, 2019, Salisbury Police officials noticed something wasn’t right with their computer systems when they were unable to access data from the day before. It didn’t take long for the IT department to realize the cyber attack, was indeed ransomware and took systems offline to avoid further

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Ransomware Attack Sends City into State of Emergency

Kayla Elliott / January 24, 2019

Update: 1/28/2019 – All city credit cards have been canceled as a precautionary measure. In an attempt to recover encrypted files, the City has contracted third-party security services. At this time, it remains unknown if city officials will approve payment of the ransom demands to expedite the recovery process. An unknown ransomware variant took down

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PC Matic Partners with One of Fastest Growing Woman-Owned Companies in the U.S.

Kayla Elliott / January 24, 2019

PC Matic Pro Partnerships Continue to Grow with Solvix Solutions PC Matic Pro has continued to expand their partner-base, making its advanced security solution available to more entities than before. A recent partnership with Solvix Solutions, LLC enables PC Matic Pro to be used in both the private sector, as well as government agencies. By adding

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Windows Account Lockout Threshold

Devin Bergin / January 22, 2019

To increase security for our customers, we have introduced new options in PC Matic to set the Windows Account Lockout Threshold by default. This setting specifically deters multiple failed login attempts within a short period of time and can thwart brute force RDP attacks.

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