Perhaps one of the most significant and damaging types of cyber incidents doesn’t involve ransomware, malware, or services going offline because a datacenter had a configuration mishap. It begins with an ordinary email. It’s not been heavily featured in the press recently, but there is an ongoing risk of supplier-orientated attacks, where the vendor you …
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Cybercrime has become a trillion-dollar industry. By the end of 2026, it is estimated that nearly half of global organisations will have experienced some form of malicious compromise. While a significant proportion of attacks continue to target consumers, we are now seeing an increasing and coordinated effort by cyber criminals to directly target organisations themselves. …
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What do beer orders in Japan, manufacturing cars in England, and accounting software in the US have in common? They all recently came to a grinding halt due to sophisticated cyber-attacks. Asahi, who was unable to process orders for bars and restaurants across Japan, resorted to sending their workforce out to take orders via paper. …
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2. Your Computers – Lock Them Down Company devices should be locked tighter than your weekend plans. Users should only access machines assigned to them, and only from their usual location. No exceptions. Do you store data locally on your computers? If yes, encrypted it. If you don’t know how, then we need to talk. …
Your company domain name serves as a portal to interact with your clients and advertise your services, and you’ve likely spent the majority of your time promoting your company name and business website/domain name. It’s important to ensure that you have control of your company domain names, so that you can make changes when needed, …
We always get frustrated by blogs and newsletters that are too technical, so here it is – no fluff, no jargon, no A.I., just straight-talking cyber security advice that is designed to actually help. We’ve been doing this for a while now, and we know what works. So let’s cut to the chase. Cyber security …
Most of us are aware of the traditional types of invasive attacks, such as computer viruses and malware. But these merely touch the surface. Email phishing attacks, ransomware, crypto-jacking, data breaches, IoT attacks, Denial of Service attacks, and web-based attacks globally cost businesses billions of dollars per year and are on the rise. It is …
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The FBI Denver field office has issued a warning about a rising scam involving free online document converter tools. I thought it best to take the opportunity to reflect upon what this actually means and who is most at risk. These types of online tools were created as an online efficiency; the ability to open …
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The FBI Denver field office has issued a warning about a rising scam involving free online document converter tools. I thought it best to take the opportunity to reflect upon what this actually means and who is most at risk. These types of online tools were created as an online efficiency; the ability to open …
Read more “Beware of Online File Converter Scams: Protect Your Business”