Starting on Friday a brand new type of ransomware called WannaCry or WannaCrypt began spreading across the globe at a never before seen rate, while PC Matic’s customers remained secure.
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Over the past few days, many businesses have reported infections from the latest round of ransomware called WannaCrypt. This massive cyberattack is likely to have stemmed from stolen tools used by the National Security Agency (NSA). Due to the rate of infection, and the number of machines being infected by WannaCrypt, Microsoft has released an
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Earlier this afternoon a Google Docs phishing scam spread like wildfire across the internet, reports piled in on Twitter and Reddit of the phishing scam and it’s details.
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PC Matic 3.0 — What does this mean for PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP? PC Matic 3.0, the updated version of PC Matic, includes the ability for file-less ransomware detection. This software enhancement has been incorporated into all versions of PC Matic, including PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP. Users do not
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Forsyth Schools Hacked Forsyth Public Schools, located in Montana was the victim of a major hack over the weekend. They are uncertain when the hack began, but was identified on Saturday, April 1, 2017. According to Last Best News, the school received three emails prior to the attack, saying they had to pay a ransom
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Several people believe backing up your data is critical to staying safe from malware attacks. However, backing up your data has benefits beyond a malware attack. For instance if your hard drive crashes, you’ll lose everything. Unless you’ve backed it all up. So, do you back up your data? Please take part in our survey
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Double Agent Malware Infects Security Solutions A malware attack dubbed Double Agent has been discovered by security vendor, Cybellum. It is reported, although this attack has been discovered, it has not been yet witnessed in the public. Double Agent effectively uses a 15 year-old vulnerability within the Windows operating system. The security gap is associated with
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PC Matic Compared to PC Matic Pro Often times, we get questions from potential consumers asking which security solution would best meet their needs, PC Matic or PC Matic Pro. To address this, we created the table below which provides the different features in each solution. Additional information regarding each feature is included below. Automated Global Application
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Malware Prevention Deemed Higher Priority Than Detection According to a recent study conducted by Barkley, 51% of IT pros would allocate additional funds to malware prevention over detection and recovery efforts. This should come as no surprise, considering one in three respondents gave their organizations a failing grade when it comes to prevention of malware
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Phishing Attack Hits Bloomington Public Schools – Minnesota Star Tribune reported an estimated 2,800 current and former Bloomington Public School employees has their private information stolen after a malicious email scam tricked a school employee to send the information to hackers. The phishing scam requested for all of the 2016 W-2s to be sent to a specific
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