Phishing is when a scammer uses fraudulent emails or texts, or copycat websites to get you to share valuable personal information – such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, or your login IDs and passwords. Scammers use your information to steal your money or your identity or both. Scammers also use phishing emails to get […]

Following on from a couple of recent internal briefings on GDPR I jointly presented at Chiltern Business Connections, its good to see the ICO (https://ico.org.uk) are putting more focus on small and micro business and sole traders.  they have released an advisory document entitled “Getting ready for the new UK data protection law – Eight practical steps for […]

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in just about one month… Are you Ready ?? Have you even started ?  Do you want some help ? Come and join my colleagues and myself at Chiltern Business Connections on Tuesday for a frank and open discussion about what you need to do with only […]

Hi all, for those of you that don’t know, Phishing is a practice that potential scammers/fraudsters carry out to dupe you into giving out your bank/card details.  It’s been widely published and still it happens. Officially – “Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce […]

Source: Security in 2017: Ransomware king | Malwarebytes Labs 2016 was the year of ransomware, with hackers focusing their attention on exploiting Internet users and businesses around the world for profit. According to the FBI, cyberextortion losses have skyrocketed and ransomware was on track to become a $1 billion a year crime in 2016. Our […]

Ransomware is as pervasive as it is dangerous. Learn how to protect your business from ransomware with this infographic. Source: Protect your business from ransomware | Malwarebytes Labs

Many smaller businesses don’t have enterprise versions of Windows 7 or Windows 8 installed, or lack Windows volume license agreements. This means your staff are probably using Pro versions of those operating systems, which, in turn, means they are seeing the new “get your free upgrade to Windows 10″ button. Do you really want your […]

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Google’s ‘mobilegeddon’ update release date arrives | IT PRO. Google has updated its mobile-friendly algorithm, which will penalise many prominent sites in the process Google’s latest algorithm update – focused especially on mobile browsing – is being rolled out today, with many organisations waiting with baited breath to see whether they will be adversely or […]

iOS 8 Vulnerability Lets Hackers Crash Any iPhone and iPad Within Wi-Fi Range.