Microsoft Signed Drivers Used in Ransomware Attacks
Microsoft has had to revoke multiple of their hardware developer accounts. ...
Why do hackers hack?
Much like real life, the digital world also has criminals who can target you and your organisation. Hackers are one kind of said criminal. The act of hacking is to gain unauthorised access to data or...
Multi-Factor Authentication: Why’s it important?
Multi-factor authentication or MFA is a security measure used to ensure that no third party can gain access to an account. ...
What is End to End Encryption?
E2EE is there to prevent data breaches and ensure that there are no changes made to the data by anyone other than the sender and recipient....
TikTok denies tracking allegations
TikTok has recently denied a report that its parent company ByteDance, was planning to track the location of American Citizens....
Cyber security: Energy bill discount scam
The government has announced that a £400 discount on your energy bills is available to all households. Although this is good news, scammers have taken this opportunity to exploit people...
Cyber security: NHS 111 attack
"The cyber-attack has been confirmed as a ransomware attack" I’m sure we’re all familiar with the 999 number, used in emergencies. You can also seek medical assistance over the phone...
Cyber security: Malwarebytes
"Malwarebytes has been an important part of the engineer's toolkit for a long time." When faced with an infected machine, its ability to quickly clear out the infections that alternative...
Cyber Security: New Online Safety Bill on hold
A landmark Online Safety Bill to impose a legal duty of care on internet companies will now be on hold until a new prime minister is in place. The new...
Downtime: 5 ways it negatively affects your business
There are few industries that aren't reliant on some kind of technology to manage their businesses. Downtime can have a huge impact no matter the size. As we become more...
Cyber Security: Facebook breach
It feels like Facebook is a repeat offender when it comes to cyber security issues, they’ve had multiple breaches over the years. In April of 2021, it came out that...
Cyber security: Bitwarden
A password manager is a program which allows you to store passwords and other sensitive information. It provides other useful features such as a password generator. Password managers have become...
Cyber security: Hashed passwords
Hashing scrambles data, it changes normal, understandable text and makes it an entirely different, random set of characters with a pre-set length. Why we can’t tell you your password Everyone...
Yahoo’s double data breach: “He was on the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives list.”
During August of 2013, Yahoo experienced the first of two data breaches. Yahoo! was the world’s biggest website until September 2010 when Google took the number one slot (and has remained...
Cyber security: Twitter’s data breach
Data breaches are not common. However, some of the biggest companies have had a few compromising events take place over the years, one of these being Twitter. During July of...
Cyber security: Zero-day exploits
Zero-day is what the cyber security industry refers to as the time between a vulnerability being discovered and the software's developers discovering it for themselves. What is Zero-day? ...
Cyber security: UK Government attacked by spyware
“We confirm that in 2020 and 2021 we observed and notified the government of the United Kingdom of multiple suspected instances of Pegasus spyware infections within official UK networks.” The...
Email security: considerations for your business
"These are questions that you need to have an answer to so that you aren’t struggling to resolve the problem due to lack of preparation." Worldwide, three out of four organisations have...
Cyber Security: Vishing, smishing and phishing
"Hello, I'm calling from Microsoft Windows tech support." Social Engineering Fraudsters are adopting increasingly sophisticated techniques to manipulate users into divulging private...
Data Security: Why is it important?
Phishing attacks spread quickly and they're getting more sophisticated and believable. Data security is the protection of your data from unwanted access and corruption, it ensures the safety of your...
