Posts Tagged ‘Security’
Black Friday Scams and How to Avoid Them
Black Friday Scams and how to spot them, avoid them and report them. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) revealed that a staggering £15.3million was lost to scams during the festive period last year, with the average loss being £1,000. Currently, more than three-quarters of all scams take place on Social Media, Dating Apps and…
Read MoreUber’s IT System Hacked by 18-Year-Old.
How Uber’s IT Systems Were Hacked and What You Can Learn On 15th September 2022, an 18-year-old hacker penetrated Uber’s systems by accessing the company’s third-party services. It has echoes of the SolarWinds hack of 2019, with a similar m.o. According to the media and Twitter, the young cybercriminal accesses Uber’s vulnerability report, Slack server,…
Read MoreIs Your IT Super Secure?
Is Your IT Super Secure? Our in-house cyber security expert recommends that local businesses act immediately to secure their IT infrastructure and online services. A highly complex password and multi-factor authentication are now just basic security measures all companies should have in place. Here are the three items you need to enforce across all of…
Read MorePassword Managers For Your Business
Password Managers Everyone knows deep down that they should have stronger passwords, but not everyone actions this. Great passwords are difficult to think up, even harder to remember, and really frustrating when you get them wrong. Password managers are very useful business tools as they generate safe passwords, remember them, and autofill logins for you.…
Read MoreThe Business Owner’s Complete Guide to Phishing
Phishing is where someone sends you a fake email pretending to be someone else. It’s one of the biggest kinds of cybercrime. They’re hoping you’ll click a bad link or download a dangerous attachment. But do you know what phishing really means? Understand this: you want to avoid a phishing attack. It’s one of the…
Read More3 Ways to Protect Against Ransomware
3 Ways to Protect Against Ransomware Ransomware is one of the internet’s most dangerous predators, and attacks on medium to small businesses are on a sharp increase. The majority of companies in the modern age choose to store their information on the cloud – and even when they don’t, a lot of valuable information flows…
Read MoreThe most powerful Microsoft Teams feature you might not know about
Microsoft Teams If you’ve been using Microsoft Teams for some time now, you’ll know how powerful it is for online collaboration between you and your colleagues. Teams have many features, and there’s one that you might not know about – that is the ability to make and receive telephone calls. It’s an additional bolt-on that…
Read MoreDo you struggle with your VPN?
Do you struggle with your VPN? With many of our mobile workforces now working in a hybrid environment or fully remote, technologies such as VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) have become invaluable when it comes to accessing company information, files and documents. We are now seeing a growing trend among modern, forward-thinking companies where that are…
Read MoreWhat You Should Include in a Cyber Incident Response Plan
What You Should Include in a Cyber Incident Response Plan Data breaches or ransomware attacks are a scary reality for any small to medium enterprise. If you operate on the Internet (or store your information on the cloud), your whole company could be at risk of a cyber incident at all times. Statistics estimate that…
Read MoreHow Microsoft 365 Encrypts Company Emails for Complete Security
How Microsoft 365 Encrypts Company Emails for Complete Security The fact that Microsoft 365 is encrypted by default — without needing to configure anything, and without turning to third-party services — is often seen as one of the service’s strong points. The TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol that Microsoft 365 enables automatically was revolutionary when…
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