OK, I know I keep going on about email phishing, but unfortunately, it’s on the increase. Last year Google Research produced a report in which they identified that 12.4 million individuals have potentially been the victim of phishing with over 1.9 billion usernames and passwords readily available on the blackmarket. To help combat phishing and other security attacks […]
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As I mentioned last year, phishing attacks are on the increase. Recent studies have shown that many small businesses are seriously underprepared to deal with a security breach. With its employees being a small businesses most valuable asset, it is important to understand how you can protect them and your business from a cyber attack. Here are […]
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Malicious links within emails are posing the biggest cyber threat to businesses across the UK, US, Germany and Australia, according to 59% of business decision-makers asked in a recent survey. When asked what they see as the biggest threat to their organisation, business decision-makers ranked phishing emails as the top threat: Cyber Threatscape Top 10 […]
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Spammers, hackers and general bad guys can forge the “From” address on email messages to make messages appear to come from someone within your email domain. Google Workspace supports several technologies such as SPF, DKIM and DMARC that can help, however, you need to make sure that they are correctly configured. Check SPF, DKIM and […]
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It’s a shocking headline, but did you know that 60% of SMBs who were victims of cyber attacks shut down within 6 months. With cyber attacks on the increase, small and medium-sized businesses are at far greater risk than larger organisations. This is why many cyber attacks, typically phishing attacks, are focused on SMEs and SMBs. What […]
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Well, that’s a headline I long to read. Unfortunately, Google has lagged behind in the personal assistant device game for some time now. In September of this year, Amazon announced a plethora of new Alexa powered devices, which are now hitting stores. We all hoped that the Google announcement a few weeks later would bring something exciting […]
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Over the past few months, I’ve been speaking to more and more business owners about their concerns regarding GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which becomes law on 25th May 2018. The concerns appear to come from misinformation and fake news over GDPR. There are the scaremongers, reporting on the increase fines that an organisation could […]
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With Christmas just around the corner, my inbox and messenger have started to fill up with messages from friends and family – not to wish me well, but instead to ask me which personal/home assistant device they should purchase. With both Google and Amazon reducing the price of these devices for Black Friday it seems […]
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As we enter Black Friday week, and the holiday season is well underway, everyone is starting to relax and look forward to a much-needed break. Don’t forget that it’s now a prime time for phishing attacks. Criminals will be looking to use the latest tech offers and those must-have gifts for the kids to trick […]
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This is something I hear all the time. It is often thought that ransomware is an on-premises threat only affecting old, unpatched Windows PC’s. And on the whole, this is true. We’ve all heard the stories and read the news, “WannaCry infects 230,000 computers in over 150 countries”. In the UK ransomware brought the NHS […]
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