Did you know that cyber crime is now the number one threat to UK businesses? It costs the economy £27 billion a year. Ouch. So we all need to take a no-nonsense approach to online security. A password alone is no longer enough to keep your business-critical data safe. Because most of the time, it’s…
Our Operations Director Andy Viner had the pleasure of being invited onto the mid-morning show on BBC Radio Leicester on the 14th November. He discussed the dangers of hacking and how to keep you and your business safe. If you missed it don’t worry you can listen to his interview below: When you think of…
Every day hackers and fraudsters send millions of fraudulent emails to millions of email inboxes worldwide. Whilst some of these emails are obvious frauds riddled with grammar and spelling errors, others can be much harder to spot. You may have seen our previous post on the relatively new Business Email Commerce (BEC) fraud if you…
Back in May, we all heard a LOT about the new GDPR regulations coming into force. And since then a lot of business owners and managers have adopted the ostrich principle… you know, stick your head in the sand and hope it all goes away! That’s normal. It’s driven by a genuine lack of understanding…
You’ve probably heard of phishing attacks. But do you know what phishing actually means? At its simplest, it’s a hacker sending you an email, pretending to be someone else. Perhaps a supplier sending an invoice. Or an email from a customer. And someone in your business clicks on the link, genuinely not meaning to do…
GDPR. It’s a regulation that was implemented on the 25th May 2018 to improve data protection and privacy. That makes it impossible for businesses and companies to exploit user’s online right? Wrong. Unfortunately, their desire to collect as much information and data as possible has led to an overwhelming growth in the number of dark…
Sextortion! (That got your attention didn’t it) Unfortunately, this is a new form of email scam to reach our attention and although this may be humorous to some it isn’t something to be taken lightly. Anyone receiving this email could easily be intimidated by the aggressive nature and intimidation present within this email. This is…
According to research conducted by the Cloud Industry Forum, 88% of companies have now adopted some form of cloud computing. What’s cloud computing? – It’s where you use software in your browser, rather than having to download it to your computer. In lots of ways, the increase in the use of cloud computing is a…
Did you know, around 87% of small businesses still think they won’t be targeted by cyber attackers. Yeah that’s right. 87%. You might even be reading this now thinking, “Yeah, yeah, but it still won’t happen to me. I’ll take my chances.” So here’s a bold challenge for you. I’m confident that if I were…
Google is undoubtedly one of the biggest search engines worldwide. It will therefore come as no surprise that they take their users security very seriously and made a pledge to flag all unencrypted websites by the end of 2018. If you don’t have an SSL certificate on your website, Google will flag to users that it…