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Hundreds of businesses are being hacked and held for ransom for thousands of pounds every day via scam emails that target unaware employees to click on malicious emails which then infect your companies data and ask for money to unlock the encryption. No pressure but I...

But it’s not the only place. Here are some other malware scams to look out for.

But those tend to be the ones that some staff hate the most. Because they’re difficult to type in if you don’t use a password manager. The thing is – a weak password leaves your business wide open to hackers. They can crack short obvious passwords using brute force,...

But this can be a major data security risk. Here’s how to make it safer.

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of our monthly Technology Insider newsletter. And I’ll start with an apology, for introducing a bit of jargon to you. Smishing is the text message version of phishing. What’s phishing again? It’s where criminals send you an...

It’s where criminals send you an email, pretending to be someone else (like your bank), to try to get sensitive information from you.  But what about vishing? And smishing? And whaling? These are all forms of phishing designed to steal your information, and ultimately...

But how much have we all changed in less than 12 months? It’s remarkable really isn’t it, just how adaptive we can be. Sadly though, the same goes for cyber criminals. While we’ve all been relocating staff to home offices, and working out how to keep our businesses...

And you see what a big threat it is, by understanding the one one one rule.  We explain it in this week’s video.   

Because a pop-up like this is very likely to be fake. Meaning it’s going to try to download malicious software onto your computer.  You and your team all know not to click pop-ups. Right?  In case you’re unsure: NEVER CLICK ON A POP-UP.  There.  If you or someone on...

But how much have we all changed in less than 12 months? It’s remarkable really isn’t it, just how adaptive we can be.  Sadly though, the same goes for cyber criminals.  While we’ve all been relocating staff to home offices, and working out how to keep our businesses...

The year 2020 witnessed an unprecedented onslaught of cybersecurity threats across the world as the global workforce underwent a forced transition to remote working. However, not all cybersecurity threats come from the outside 

From using scary subject lines to adopting faux official letterhead, bad actors are scrambling to use the climate of fear and disruption caused by COVID-19 to their advantage.  Disasters, emergencies, and global pandemics provide a target-rich environment for...

But there’s another big downside of older computers that scares most IT professionals…