January 2021 • PC Matic Blog

Feature Expansion – Endpoint Vulnerabilities

PC Matic Cybersecurity / January 31, 2021

To expand your visibility over possible vulnerabilities in your environment, we have expanded PC Matic PRO‘s Endpoint Vulnerabilities report to include two new reports: SuperShield Blacklist/Learning Mode Enabled, and Lockout Thresholds Not Set. SuperShield Blacklist/Learning Mode Enabled When SuperShield is left in Blacklist Only or Learning Mode outside of a normal test or implementation phase, it leaves […]

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Buying A New Computer: Timing and Tips

Mary James / January 29, 2021

Best Time To Shop There’s a lot of hype around the holiday season being the best time to shop for a new computer. That’s great, but what if you don’t have loads of extra cash when you’re also buying presents for family and friends? When are other good times to purchase tech? Typically, Presidents’ Day

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A Scam Alert From the PC Matic Team

Mary James / January 28, 2021

Spotting A Scam We talk a lot about spotting scams and what you can do to protect yourself. And when a new scam crosses our desk, we like to keep you updated. You have to be able to spot a scam, though, and this is where education and common sense comes in. First, if it

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PC Matic University: The Internet Test

Mary James / January 27, 2021

PC Matic University If you’re a regular reader, then you’ve already come across our Computer Safety Test and our Basic Email Test. For the third in our series, we want to help you navigate some basic internet terms. This isn’t a series for everyone. If you’re new to the internet, we’re here to help with

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What Is Cryptocurrency?

Mary James / January 26, 2021

Altcoin vs Bitcoin Altcoin is just another name for cryptocurrency that isn’t Bitcoin. It may make sense to think of Bitcoin as its own entity, seeing as how we hear of it so frequently, but it’s really just another form of cryptocurrency. Since it is so prominent, and somewhat stable, it is the cryptocurrency of

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New Year, New Ransomware

Mary James / January 23, 2021

Babuk Locker Emerges in 2021 In less than a week, 2021 introduced a new type of Enterprise ransomware. Babuk Locker is now less than a month old and has amassed a small collection of victims. So far ransoms have been demanded in bitcoin and are under $100,000, to what I could find. If you aren’t

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Double Digits; PC Matic’s Whitelist Turns 10

Mary James / January 22, 2021

A Decade Of Protection Between the end of 2019 and the start of 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began heavily recommending whitelisting technology. Brands that hadn’t been using it were converting over. Big name AV companies began slowly integrating the technology into their offerings. It’s over a year later, and they

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Folding@Home Update

Mary James / January 20, 2021

Call To Action Frequently, when presented with an overwhelming problem, we humans try to find our own ways to help. It’s in our nature. We may not be able to digest something in its entirety, but we can use our own talents to offer assistance where we can. On March 30th last year, PC Matic

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PC Matic University Basic Email Test

Mary James / January 19, 2021

An Informative Series Back in December, we brought you the first of the PC Matic University quizzes. The basic computer safety test quiz is meant to see how much you know about, well, computer safety. But PC Matic University (PCMU) isn’t just about safety. We want to make sure you understand a variety of topics.

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Cyber Security Hygiene Affects Network and Endpoint Security with Application Whitelisting

Application Whitelisting – Our Nation’s Solution to the Cyber Security Crisis

PC Matic Cybersecurity / January 17, 2021

Application Whitelisting–Our Nation’s Solution? Application Whitelisting Cybersecurity. Never in our history has cyber security been a bigger threat than it is now. Whether it is our computers, smart phones, tablets, televisions, smart watches, etc., they’re all at risk. Malware and ransomware threats are becoming an increasing menace. How can we possibly secure our data against

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