Cyber Security News and Advice
Making sense of Cyber Security for business owners
What is SIEM?
SIEM stands for Security Information and Event Management, and a SIEM system does exactly what you’d expect based on that name – it is software that manages security events and other important pieces of security information across the network it is installed on.
LastPass Customer Vault Data Stolen – How to Recover from this Attack
Password manager company LastPass have confirmed that customer vault data was stolen in a recent cyber attack. Hackers targeted LastPass’s cloud storage backups at the end of November 2022, where they were able to obtain personal customer information including encrypted passwords.
Fake Google Ads Used to Spread Malware
Google Ads are a good source of advertising in order to increase the number of visitors to your website. However, cyber criminals are now abusing this system to create copies of legitimate websites that when visited install malware onto your computer.
How To Protect Your Business from Holiday Cyber Attacks
The holiday season brings more users to many websites, for shopping, media streaming, and online gaming. Cyber criminals can use this increase in website traffic to carry out targeted attacks on these websites, causing the site to run slowly, or crash completely. This sort of attack is called a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
Security Bug in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge
New security updates for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge have been released as an emergency fix for a security bug that is present in both web browsers.
What is Risk Management in Cyber Security?
In cyber security, we discuss risk and risk management on a frequent basis. Read on to understand what risk is, and the simple things you can do to manage risk within your business.
Phishing Scams: The Evolving Cyber Threat
Phishing is a term used to describe cyber crime that targets victims via email, telephone, or text message. We hear it most in reference to malicious emails, where criminals are disguising themselves as legitimate companies to trick their victims into clicking on links in the email or open documents attached to the email.
What is Ransomware? And How to Protect Your Data
Ransomware is the biggest cyber threat facing most business owners in the UK today. A 2022 report states that 40% of cyber-attacks experienced by companies were ransomware attacks. Read on to understand what it is, and the surprisingly simple things you can do to protect your business from the risks of ransomware.
10 Ways to Improve Your Cyber Security
When it comes to cybersecurity, there are lots of ways to get it wrong, and far fewer ways to do it right. To keep your company safe from falling victim to the most frequently seen forms of cyber-attack, ask your IT team these 10 questions.
Huge Security Flaws in Meeting Owls
Huge security vulnerabilities with Meeting Owl Pro and Whiteboard Owl devices have been identified that give hackers your personal information and access to all data on your network.
It doesn’t have to be expensive
Complicated and expensive is how many business leaders think about Cyber Security – but it doesn’t need to be that way. One way we help our clients improve their Cyber Security is by making use of the excellent free to use services offered by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre.
1000s of firms infected by ransomware via their IT helpdesk
Things go wrong when your trusted IT partner is the source of the ransomware infection
Got an Exchange Server?
If you have a Microsoft Exchange Server then you need to urgently check how the Hafnium / Proxylogon hack affects you
Microsoft releases security updates
Microsoft’s November security updates are now available - don’t delay
