Over 100 nursing homes left without access to medical files An attack on a Wisconsin based IT company left over 100 nursing homes across the US without access to patients’ medical files. The owner of the IT company Virtual Care Provider Inc (VCPI) fears for the lives of the patients currently affected. The ransom attack […]
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Avoid becoming a victim of an expensive scam PC Matic customer service is great for assisting customers with more than just issues revolving around the PC Matic products. In recent weeks, internet scams have increased as a result of the holiday season. Our customer service team wants you to be safe so they put together
5 Rules for Safe Online Shopping This Holiday Season The holidays are when we love to give each other gifts. Whether you’re looking at a new tablet for a family member or a great bottle of wine as a hostess gift for a party, chances are you’re going to be shopping this holiday season. And
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Open for business… and trouble The research firms Expanse and 451 research found some pretty troubling news. A two week test revealed that more than 53% of Fortune 500 companies are leaving themselves vulnerable to hackers through open RDP. What does that mean? Simply put, RDP is a way to share information. An IT director
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Holidays are for tech presents If your family is anything like mine, holidays are for tech presents. New gadgets; tablets, chromebooks, Apple galore! We aren’t wasteful, we use our tech until it’s used up. But when it does come time for a new laptop or a phone that hasn’t had 3 replacement screens, we wait
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Hackers Ask for $5 Million in Bitcoin Mexico’s Pemex oil has been struggling to keep it’s credit rating from dropping while it battles declining oil production and paying down heavy debts. In the midst of this turmoil, it was struck this week with a ransomware attack. The hackers gave a “discount period” to the company,
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The New GI Bill Isn’t College, It’s Tech. If you check out the PC Matic Instagram account today, you’ll see some of our employees who have served. Today is for thanking them and the millions of veterans across the United States for their service. Tech companies are thanking our veterans by hiring them. Military training
A Five Step Program Staying secure in our current online environment is a continually pressing concern. There’s a balance between locking down your entire system for security and still being able to do what you want online. Luckily, there are five steps you can take to make sure you’re keeping yourself safe. Step 1 You
What are the benefits? In our last post, we covered exactly what The Cloud is and why we use it. The convenience of having access to our data from anywhere is a modern marvel. Remember the early days of camera phones? To transfer photos, you would email or download them to your computer. And forget
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But What Does That Mean? This is part one of a two part post about The Cloud. Yes, the infamous Cloud that you hear about whether you’re Googling recipes for Thanksgiving or shopping for better internet security. The Cloud is a buzz term conceived and coined in the internet age, but what does it actually
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