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Senior Cyber: An Interview With The Author (And A Chance To Win A Copy Of The Book)

Mary James / February 10, 2021

Cybersecurity At Every Age Last week, PC Matic VP of Sales, Corey Munson, sat down with Scott N. Schober. Scott’s book, Senior Cyber: Best Security Practices for Your Golden Years covers topics, “From the basics of the internet to the fight for healthcare privacy and security that is so critical to our aging population, Senior Cyber offers […]

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PC Matic University Windows

Mary James / February 9, 2021

Do You Know Windows? If you read our last post about class four, Malware, you should be ready to dive into this class. The latest in the PC Matic University (PCMU) lineup is a comprehensive look at the Windows operating system. I would start at the Vimeo channel and work your way through the videos

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Attempted Poisoning of Florida City’s Water Supply By Hacker

Mary James / February 8, 2021

Pinellas County Releases Statement Police in Pinellas County, FL released a statement today regarding a hack that happened at the City of Oldsmar’s water treatment system. Around 8am local time on Friday, February 5th, a plant operator at the Oldsmar plant noticed someone remotely accessing the system. “The person who remotely accessed the system for

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NYC Organization Aspires to Zero-Trust Environment

Mary James / February 5, 2021

The New York City Cyber Command is a centralized organization that, “works across more than 100 agencies and offices to prevent, detect, respond and recover from cyberthreats.” And their goal is to make the city the most resilient in the world. As the pandemic took hold last year, Cyber Command went to work ensuring New

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Washington State Suffers Unemployment Information Hack

Mary James / February 4, 2021

Data Of Over a Million Exposed The State Auditor’s Office in Washington State released a statement confirming a data breach that happened on December 25th, 2020. Accellion, a third-party provider that the office uses to transmit files, was involved in the breach. The Auditor’s Office reiterated to the public that the breach was with the

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Ransomware Attacks in 2021 and How to Prevent

Ransomware Attacks: How to Prevent Them in 2021

PC Matic Cybersecurity / February 4, 2021

Ransomware attacks and how to prevent them. As a result of the pandemic forcing many workers into a remote work force, it’s no surprise that ransomware attacks have rocketed. Ransom incidents are up 300+% in 2020. Ransomware is evolving, what will 2021 bring… Increase in Ransomware Attacks in 2021 Ransomware attacks are growing in number

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PC Matic Welcomes Connections with Potential Investors for Cybersecurity Investment

Kayla Elliott / February 4, 2021

PC Matic Cybersecurity Investment: Makers of PC Matic, Open to Investor Opportunities Cybersecurity Investment Opportunities. PC Matic, a privately held, American anti-virus software firm, would like to develop relationships with the investment community. This is in anticipation of a future outside investment, said CEO Rob Cheng. He founded Sioux City, Iowa-based PC Pitstop in 1999 and owns

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How To: Install An SSD

Mary James / February 3, 2021

Your Computer Never Performed Like This My work laptop is starting to get up there. She’s over 3 years old, and some time last fall I noticed she was starting to run a little slow. Start up was slow, task performance was slow, and shut down was painfully slow. A lot of the time people

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PC Matic University Malware Test

Mary James / February 2, 2021

Class Number Four Welcome to the fourth in our PC Matic University series. This week’s installment is a quiz regarding your knowledge surrounding malware. Do you know what it is and the different kinds? Meanwhile, if you missed the first three classes, no worries, you can catch The Internet Test here and link back to

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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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