Ransomware Strikes Again… This time, it was the City Hall in Newark, New Jersey. The attack reportedly began on Friday, April 21st, and continued to spread over the weekend. According to KnowBe4, Seth Wainer, Chief Information Officer for the City of Newark, reported, “The virus compromised our network and disrupted many services that we offer. […]
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Introducing PC Matic 3.0 As of May 1, 2017, PC Matic will be updated to PC Matic 3.0. This update includes significant updates to the PC Matic software, as well as the user interface. This email is simply a breakdown of the updates for both. Makers of PC Matic want to ensure their customers are aware
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Webroot Whoops… Yesterday, major issues arose for the millions of users of Webroot. The well-known anti-virus began classifying several different Windows files as general malware, leaving critical files quarantined. Therefore, Windows was not able to fully function. As if that wasn’t bad enough, ZDNet reports, “Many independent tweets confirmed that several major websites, including Bloomberg
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Erie County Medical Center Remains Down 13 Days After Attack Erie County Medical Center, located in Buffalo, New York was recently hit with a virus, leaving its systems down for the last 13 days. Although the medical facility has yet to confirm the virus was ransomware, Buffalo News made reports, that is indeed the case.
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Old Ransomware Returns with A Bang Many reports have reported 2016 as the year of ransomware. This can much attributed to the ransomware variant, Locky. However, in 2017, Locky ransomware has been on somewhat of a hiatus. This lead to another ransomware variant, Cerber, becoming the most popular ransomware of 2017. However, it appears Locky
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Enhancements Set PC Matic Further Apart from Competition PC Pitstop, makers of PC Matic, PC Matic MSP and PC Matic Pro have made several updates over the last few months to their security solution. The recent changes made to the software include the ability to detect file-less ransomware. Traditional malware, including ransomware, required an executable
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Microsoft Patched Exploits There has been a lot of news swirling around, claiming the published exploits stolen from the NSA can be used against current Microsoft products. According to ArsTechnica, that is not the case. Instead, Microsoft patched the exploits a month prior to the exploits being published. However, this is causing major speculation. Did
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Current PC Matic MSP Solution PC Matic MSP has made several updates over the last few months, and enhancements will continue to be made throughout the second quarter of 2017. The recent changes made to the software includes the ability to detect file-less ransomware. Traditional malware, including ransomware, required an executable to infect PCs. PC
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PC Matic recently conducted a survey regarding backing up your data. It was found that 11% of respondents did not back up their data, largely in part to not knowing how. To address this, here are the various ways PC users can back up their data. 3 Backup Methods to Keep Your Data Secure Within your
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USPS Phishing Attack Spreading Like Wildfire A new phishing attack is spreading around the nation. Graham Cluley reported, the email being distributed is a fake USPS email which claims the victims have a package that needs to be picked up. The email states they must review the “shipping label” and schedule a pick-up time by
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