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Ransomware Costs: Ransomware Payouts Jumped More Than 300% in 2020

Mary James / March 10, 2021

Money, Money, Money Ransomware Costs! Ransomware is profitable, but just how profitable is it? Initial reports for 2020 are in and the payday was huge. BankInfoSecurity.com reported that there was about “370 million in known 2020 ransomware profits. Via ransoms that got paid – which represents a 336% increase over known 2019 earnings…” These numbers are […]

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Help Reduce Unknown Calls

Mary James / March 9, 2021

You Can Silence Unknown Calls Do you get a slew of calls from numbers you don’t recognize? Not only are unrecognized numbers spamming our phones, they can lead to scammers getting in touch with us. It’s frustrating. It can feel intimidating. Mostly, though, it’s an increasing nuisance. So what can you do? There are several

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Bridging The Gap; Women In Cybersecurity

Mary James / March 8, 2021

On this International Women’s Day, we shine a spotlight on women making advances in their field along with identifying the inequality gaps we still need to bridge. The data on the numbers of women in cybersecurity isn’t encouraging. Updated data is scarce, and the only hard numbers we have are from 2013 where 11% of

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PC Matic University PC Matic Test

Mary James / February 26, 2021

You did it. You made it to the end of our freshman PC Matic University curriculum. If you’ve been with us through the entire journey, this is your 7th and last section. This one is on PC Matic and the basic features of our Home product. If you read that and thought, “whoa, wait, there’s

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We put 5 VPN products head to head. Who came out on top?

Devin Bergin / February 24, 2021

Update August 2022: I’m going to let you in on a secret, PC Matic is working on creating our own VPN. If you want to be the first to know about it when it’s ready and see some sneak peeks along the way – join our VPN newsletter! So you’re in the market for a

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PC Matic University Basic Computer Hardware

Mary James / February 19, 2021

Show Me What You’re Working With Do you know a motherboard from a CPU based just on a picture? If the answer is “no” you’ll want to watch the Basic Computer Hardware videos below from PC Matic University. This next chapter in the series aims to teach you the basic parts of your computer. But

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Your Data Was Compromised; What You Don’t Know

Mary James / February 15, 2021

How Long Is Too Long If you’ve never received an email letting you know your data was compromised, consider yourself lucky. I’ve had three within the past five years (one of which was within the past week). They’re all the same; carefully worded non-apologies about the leaking of your personal information. A lot of the

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Washington State Introduces Cybersecurity Legislation

Mary James / February 12, 2021

After a data breach that affected more than 1 million people in Washington State, legislators introduced two bills. One aims to strengthen cybersecurity infrastructure while the other wants to change data collection. As reported by Governing.com, “If passed, the two bills heard in committee Tuesday would boost cybersecurity at state government agencies. A bill requested

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UPMC Breach Shows Larger Security Problem

Mary James / February 11, 2021

UPMC Breach shows a larger server network security problem. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) had the private information of more than 36,000 people breached. But the medical giant itself was not the direct target of the compromise. A smaller law firm they use for billing-related legal services experienced the event from April to

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CD Projekt Isn’t Afraid Of Transparency in the Face of Ransomware Attack

Mary James / February 10, 2021

Ransomware Attacks Game Creator On Monday, video game creator CD Projekt announced they’d been the victim of a cyberattack. The details are still waiting to be discovered, but CD Projekt was not shy about sharing the information they knew, including publishing a statement and the ransom note to their Twitter page. Additionally, their website has

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