We’re excited to introduce Device Authentication for your PC Matic Pro account! Cyber Criminals are targeting third-party tools to carry out ransomware attacks manually. This year in Texas, 23 cities were infected with ransomware after a tool used by several MSPs was compromised by hackers. With our new device authentication, you create a whitelist of devices […]
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Last night we rolled out a new feature for all PC Matic Pro and MSP accounts to help you better control Remote Desktop Protocol on your devices. These feature improvements come in two main areas with the goal of improving the way your device displays RDP status and the control you have over RDP on
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Police Department Loses Images After Ransomware Infected City Systems The city of Robstown is working to restore their networks after an unknown ransomware variant riddled their networks, effectively corrupting Robstown Police Department records. To date, the last four weeks of police camera footage, including pictures and videos have been encrypted. The city is working with
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Ryuk Ransomware Riddles 11 Medical Facilities in Utah In July, eleven of Utah’s Premier Family Medical clinics were infected with ransomware. After an initial investigation of the cyber attack, it was determined the hackers used the ransomware variant called Ryuk to corrupt Premier Family Medical’s networks. Ryuk, is a ransomware variant known to target large
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Ransomware has been riddling home users, business entities, governments, schools, and more for years. The attacks have grown in frequency, with ransom demands growing as well. In order to continue their profitability, hackers have to find new ways to infect networks. This includes exploiting software vulnerabilities, using social engineering, creating new versions of malware, and
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Pearson Notifies Schools Impacted By Breach In November 2018, the massive education publishing giant, Pearson, suffered a data breach. Although the breach was reported to the FBI in March 2019, it wasn’t until last week that the organization had an idea of the full extent of damages. An exact number of records impacted is unclear.
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Ransomware Infects Public Schools Nationwide Throughout the month of August, several public school districts across the nation fell victim to ransomware. Here is what we know, the ransomware variants differed from attack to attack, although the most frequently used ransomware strain was Ryuk. This specific ransomware-type piggy-backs of a trojan virus. Once the trojan successfully
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We Personalize Everything! We live in an era where we feel a need to personalize everything. Our shirts, gym bags, device cases, cars, and our computers — just to name a few. However, personalizing our items isn’t always a bad thing. For instance, if you aren’t personalizing your devices to meet your needs, you could
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Due to rising security risks, Texas’ Pettus Independent School District, has opted to take a proactive approach to cyber security. Steve Sugarek, Technology Coordinator at Pettus ISD shares which solutions they’ve used in the past, and why they migrated to PC Matic Pro: Our School District was with Avast for 10 years, and saw it
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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 Matic has been able to make sales in a way that no other security software provider has been able to do. Television advertising. We update
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