April 2020

Nowhere To Hide

The Evolution of Ransomware Leaves No Room to Hide Ransomware attacks have always been detrimental. This new evolution, however, is making it difficult for victims to hide the severity of the damage. Data is no longer simply encrypted and held for ransom. It’s also copied and sent to the criminal for them to do as […]

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Medical Field Continues To Face Attacks During COVID-19 Pandemic

The Evolution of Ransomware Ransomware began as a way to extort money from people. Therefore, by encrypting files, the criminals could demand whatever price they wanted. In response, we evolved our security plans. We now include back-ups and reboot options. This left many attackers in a tough spot. They no longer had the leverage to

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PC Matic Names Kayla Elliott Vice President of Marketing

Myrtle Beach, SC – PC Matic, American cybersecurity firm, today announced that it has appointed Kayla Elliott, who formerly served as the company’s Director of Marketing, as the company’s Vice President of Marketing. Serving with the company since 2015, Elliott will drive marketing activities and the creative direction of PC Matic as it continues to

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SMBs Still Paying Ransoms

Ransoms Paid In Lieu of Proper Planning Four months into 2020 and a lot of things have changed. A lot of things, except the fact that businesses are still paying ransoms. Almost half of all SMBs are still dealing with ransomware attacks and 73% of those attacked are paying the ransom. Many companies admit to

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Cyber Security Hygiene Affects Network and Endpoint Security with Application Whitelisting

Employer Networks Left Exposed Due to Employee’s Poor Cyber Security Hygiene

Survey Confirms People Aren’t Practicing Good Cyber Security Hygiene – And It’s Impacting Their Employers… A recent study, conducted by PC Matic, dove into the password and cyber security hygiene of 5,000 computer users. The results are concerning, primarily for businesses. Users with poor cyber security hygiene often bring these negative habits to work with

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Brave New World

There Are Defining Moments In History My uncle told me a long time ago that my generation didn’t understand sacrifice. We’d never seen anything that tested our character. Then Columbine happened, and 9/11, then a war and an economic recession, and now a world wide pandemic keeping us quarantined and away from each other all

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A New Round of Email Threats

A New Email Scam Hits Consumers If you’ve ever watched the popular Netflix show Black Mirror this may sound familiar. Yesterday, PC Matic support received an influx of tickets from customers saying they’d been hacked. They received an email claiming the hacker had taken screenshots of them on their computer. The email goes on to

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