More Information on PC Matic’s Pending Patent We recently wrote a post about our patent pending technologies with PC Matic, and many of you wrote in wanting to know more about it. PC Matic is an endpoint security solution that meets the anti-virus needs of home and enterprise PC users, and was developed in 2009. […]
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Application Control for Medical Professionals Decision Health recently published a lengthy article on Plan B News regarding application whitelisting within the medial field. With the advanced technological methods being used within the healthcare industry, and the ever-evolving software, IT administrators were curious if whitelisting could fit in this field. Roy Edroso stated application whitelisting is
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Malware Prevention Vs. Detection Malware infections have continued to spread at alarming rates. Whether it is ransomware, which encrypts data and demands a payment from the victim to regain access, or fileless malware which bypasses most security solutions, malware threats continue to grow daily. Once a version of malware is detected as malicious, it is
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SMBs Struggle to Defend Against Cyber Threats In a recent report featured by Tech Republic, 35% of SMBs were hit with ransomware in the last year. Out of those impacted, 22% had to completely cease business operations to attempt to remediate the issue. But for how long? Over half of the attacks that resulted in
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Application Whitelisting — The Future of Cyber Security After the recent global attacks, WannaCry and NotPetya, application whitelisting has made its way into the news as the future of cyber security. First, CSO Online featured a piece on dynamic whitelisting capabilities. Maria Korolov, the author of the article stated, “We are in an age of
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Why Backing Up Your Data Won’t Work Let’s be honest, backing up your data is important. Maybe more so for some users than others, but important nonetheless. However, backups are not the golden ticket when it comes to restoring data after a malware attack. Although they could be useful in restoring your files after a
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Recently, an article was posted on CIO.com and other IDG outlets, titled “Yes, you still need endpoint malware protection”, questioning the need for end point security. Several publications pointed out that end point security is not needed, due to the operating systems and other components being more secure. However, as we’ve seen in the most
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Fighting Today’s Cyber Security Threats As modern cyber security threats continue to advance, keeping your data safe becomes more and more difficult. Especially for PC users who choose to keep their data secure by using an outdated anti-virus (AV). The term outdated means two things. The software may not be updated in regards to patch
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Securing your data from a malware attack, should be your primary priority when it comes to data security. However, it appears a vast majority of organizations, both large and small, aren’t taking the preventative steps necessary to properly secure their data. With more businesses, educational institutions, government agencies and non-profits falling victim to malware attacks
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The Today Show featured another piece on cyber security today, this time discussing ransomware. During which, Tom Costello claimed the best way to protect yourself from a ransomware attack is to back up your data. This cannot be further from the truth. First of all, backups do not protect you from becoming a victim of ransomware. It can be
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