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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…  

It IS just me? OK…  Well, incognito mode, or private browsing isn’t just there to hide your browsing history from your partner (when you’re ordering birthday presents, obviously).  No, it can actually be utilised for an added layer of protection against cyber-crime....