Rob Cheng talked with Liz Callaway last week, discussing a variety of cybersecurity topics. However, as expected, ransomware was a hot topic, as well as the largest ransom demand in the world being issued just days ago. Renner of Brazil Targeted with Ransomware A handful of attacks had happened since the last time Cheng and […]
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Global Ransomware Attacks Bring Attention to Whitelisting Business turns to Application Whitelisting for System Security. After the global ransomware attack, WannaCry, PC Matic saw an exponential spike in sales. As other variants of ransomware such as BadRabbit, Cryptolocker, Locky and GandCrab became prevalent, PC Matic saw even greater demand for ransomware protection solutions. Businesses began
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Last week, PC Matic founder and CEO, Rob Cheng joined Liz Callaway on her radio show to discuss all things cyber. Cyber Regulations Several regulations have been implemented, or are the midst of implementation, as a result of recent cyber attacks. There are compliance certifications and regulatory measures that organizations must be taking in order
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Whitelisting – Is it worth the work? Recently, Information Week reported application whitelisting as an “extreme” method for preventing malware. Is it extreme? It very well could be. Application whitelisting goes against the very core of traditional security programs. Instead of using a blacklist, which allows unknown files to execute until they prove to
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Upon evaluating the state of eight federal agencies’ digital infrastructures through a cybersecurity audit, it was confirmed, four agencies nearly failed. Had this been the first cybersecurity audit of those agencies, the scores may not be as alarming. However, in 2018 a similar audit was conducted exposing many of the same cybersecurity risks. The reality
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A recent survey by IDG confirms, application whitelisting is by far the most underutilized component of zero-trust technologies. What is Application Whitelisting? Application whitelisting only allows known trusted, and proven secure applications to run on the network. This is an effective means to cyber threat mitigation because no matter how many times malware evolves, it
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As prevention has been top of mind for several organizations, PC Matic joins Scott Augenbaum, a 29-year veteran of the FBI who specialized in cybercrimes, to discuss application whitelisting and preventing cyber attacks. PC Matic Townhall During the one-hour townhall session, four different PC Matic employees discussed the approach PC Matic takes to prevention. By
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The video conferencing platform, Zoom, is facing a hefty fine after telling its users they were utilizing end-to-end (E2E) encryption for their platform’s meetings, when they were not. E2E encryption means the video conference would be encrypted, or inaccessible, unless the user provided an access, or decryption code. Zoom claimed they used E2E encryption, when
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The CSO Global Intelligence Report: The State of Cybersecurity in 2021 shares some interesting statistics on cybersecurity and the rate of infections. First, over 50% of those surveyed confirmed experiencing an increase in security incidents over the last year. What is more alarming is, nearly half of those infected reported economic damages, loss of productivity,
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