2020

DuckDuckGo-od?

DuckDuckGo Claims Anonymity, But Does It Work? Recently an inquiry came into the PC Matic help desk asking us to review search engine site DuckDuckGo. Typically, we aren’t into reviewing other products or sites, but we didn’t have a lot of background information and were curious. DuckDuckGo claims anonymity and unbiased search results. That means

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MAC Attack; How Ransomware Has Evolved To Include MACs

Photo by Alvaro Uribe on Unsplash The Beginning The first ransomware attack, AIDS Trojan, was deployed over 30 years ago. Joseph L. Popp, a Harvard academic, is credited for this. At a World Health Organization summit in 1989, he distributed over 20,000 disks to delegates. These disks, labeled “AIDS Information – Introductory Diskettes,” would wait

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Media Release: PC Matic and Business to Technology (B2T) Announce Strategic Partnership

Partnership brings together resources of both companies; Intends to deliverglobally automated whitelist technology to Brazil market; Partnership will focus on consumer market Myrtle Beach, SC – Following the announcement of its launch into the Brazilian market on June 9, 2020, cybersecurity firm PC Matictoday announced a strategic partnership with Brazil-based technology management firm Business to Technology (B2T).

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American Made is Bipartisan

Patriotism Isn’t One Sided My grandfather, Mike, was a World War II vet who spent his life working on the Erie Lakawanna railway. He was one of eight children of immigrants, extremely patriotic, and a staunch democrat. Above all, Mike was American. I was only a teenager when he passed, but we were close. In

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Ransomware continues to accelerate, but who is at fault?

Cognizant Ransomware Attack

Personal Information Exposed IT provider Cognizant informed its employees about a Maze ransomware attack on May 1st. Personal information, including names and company credit card numbers, were part of the compromised data. However, some employees were also exposed to additional data exposure. “The small number of associates who have had other kinds of personal information

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Cybersecurity: PC Matic CEO Rob Cheng Talks With Fox Business About Ransomware In The Age of COVID-19

Job Growth Cybersecurity for ransomware protection. COVID-19 has brought about strong growth in the cyber security job sector. With more people than ever working from home, there are increased dangers that require more threat response. But what does this mean and why is it necessary? Remote work presents its own security challenges. Many companies who

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