Do you ever check your spam or junk folders? I do not. Or should I say, I didn’t until recently. About a month ago, I got an email from a fellow co-worker stating someone had reached out to both of us, but it went into her spam folder instead of her inbox. I checked, and it […]
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Taking Pride in Our Roots to Gateway, Inc. PC Pitstop, the maker of PC Matic, PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP, is a company with strong roots to the computer manufacturing company, Gateway, Inc. PC Pitstop founder and CEO, Rob Cheng, started his career at Gateway in 1991 as their first Director of Marketing.
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Moving Past Windows 7 — Should You Pull The Trigger? A few weeks ago, we touched on the idea that Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7 updates in 2020. This led some users into a frenzy about upgrading to Windows 10 and the cost associated with it. Others were ready to ditch Microsoft altogether,
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Another Way to Exploit People to Turn a Quick Profit, Does It Ever End? Hackers have used several different platforms to share their scams. These have ranged from fraudulent “tech support” websites, malicious social media posts, and scam phone calls. In addition, there have been tax scams spread through phone calls, or fake emails. The
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Sioux City, Iowa, February 11, 2019 – PC Matic, America’s Antivirus, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Rob Cheng, CEO, to its prestigious list of 2019 Channel Chiefs. The top IT channel leaders included on this list continually strive to drive growth and revenue in their organization through their channel partners.
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Graphics Package Paired with Ransomware? Hackers recently exploited the Mario Brothers graphics package, riddling the images with GandCrab ransomware. The hackers took significant time trying to hide their malicious intentions, by hiding the commands in the color channels of the images. By doing so, it makes it difficult for the firewall to detect the threat. In
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MSP Falls Victim to Ransomware, Infecting Thousands of Customer Networks An unknown hacking group recently targeted a U.S. managed service provider (MSP) with ransomware. This led to thousands of their customers getting infected with malicious software, totaling approximately 2,000 different networks. After the ransomware executed, hackers demanded over $2 million to restore the encrypted files.
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Connecticut Eye Clinic Informed 23,000 Patients of Potential Breach A private optometry clinic, Dr. Thomas DeLuca, Dr. Anthony Marciano & Associates, began notifying thousands of patients that their data may have been potentially breached due to a ransomware attack that occurred in November 2018. The ransomware variant that successfully infected 25 computers and two servers,
2018 Ransomware Attack Left Over 23k Patient Files Compromised Read More »
Sioux City, Iowa – February 5, 2019 – PC Pitstop announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named PC Matic Pro, a winner in the 15th Annual 2019 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards® in Ransomware Prevention. These prestigious global awards recognize cybersecurity and information
Florida Medical Facility Suffers Cyber Attack FABEN Obstetrics and Gynecology of Jacksonville, Florida, was the victim of a ransomware attack in November of 2018. The ransomware variant, GandCrab, infected a server, encrypting patient files from January 2007 to April 2017. The attack was executed through a malvertising campaign that targeted Adobe Flash or Windows VBScripting engine
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