In the latest wave of challenges causing businesses to pivot, we have the ‘pingdemic’, with individuals being asked to self-isolate after contact with a positive COVID-19 case. True, the government is proposing a major overhaul to these rules on 16 August 2021, but the question is whether you will be changing your workplace rules too? […]
Microsoft has issued an urgent warning to its users to check for and install the “PrintNightmare” security patch if it’s relevant to the network. Organisations such as America’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre have reiterated the warning, as it becomes obvious just how dangerous the vulnerability is. […]
In June 2021, there was a fairly low number of breaches with 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents. However, this does come from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. This shows that in most of the cases, the breached organisation did not disclose how much data was compromised: either they […]
Internet access is likely the lifeblood of your business, running everything from your cloud-based software to your information research, your email infrastructure and potentially even your phone system, so when was the last time you audited your speeds, and are you using the right solution for your business? Most of us only check speeds when […]
In May 2021, ransomware still dominates the list of data breaches and cyber-attacks this month. Out of 128 publicly disclosed incidents in May 2021, 40% were ransomware attacks. The breached records are much lower compared to April 2021, despite 115,861,330 records being breached, but this can be explained by the fact ransomware attacks do make […]
Following news of the FatFace data breach, which included, among other records, the last four digits of the long number and the three digit security code of customers’ card details, it is clear that PCI compliance is not always achieved, despite UK laws that mandate it. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) […]
When checking for potential cyber threats and ransomware, many teams are gaining confidence that they’re avoiding the common pitfalls. Things like looking for spelling mistakes, checking the ‘sent from’ email address, hovering over links, and even just sense checking yourself that you know the sender, are all good steps; but what about emails threatening legal […]
Driven by the widespread issue of ransomware, more than 1 billion records were breached in April 2021, across more than 140 separate incidents. Ransomware currently accounts for roughly 1 in every 3 data breach incidents, so much so that UK authorities are encouraging people to start reporting the incidents to the police rather than paying […]
Alright, so we might be being a tiny but overdramatic, but our message is sincere. Did you know that at the old-fashioned and outdated copper cabling system known as ISDN is being phased out, with a gradual obsoletion plan in place and a big 2027 switch off? Thought not! Despite plenty of coverage in the news, […]