Cloud Consultancy News
Nearly Half Of Organisations Lack The Necessary Talent To Maintain Security Measures
Regardless of their size, organisations share a common challenge: IT security teams are understaffed and overextended. The number of security alerts, the challenge of what to prioritise and the shortage of expertise can be overwhelming and introduce risk. The Trend...
iMac gets a 2x performance boost
Apple has updated its iMac line with up to 8-core Intel 9th-generation processors for the first time and powerful Vega graphics options, delivering dramatic increases in both compute and graphics performance. From consumers to pros alike, users will notice their iMac...
The Cloud Consultancy achieve “Microsoft Silver Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions” competency
Through an on-going drive to excellence, The Cloud Consultancy have now achieved Microsoft Silver Small & Midmarket Cloud Solutions status, asserting its position as a professional ‘Managed Services Provider Of Choice’. The Microsoft Silver Small & Midmarket Cloud...
Ransomware’s New Normal
GandCrab's evolution underscores a shift in ransomware attack methods. Don't be fooled by the drop in overall ransomware attacks this past year: Fewer but more targeted and lucrative campaigns against larger organizations are the new MO for holding data hostage. While...
Phishing attacks: Half of organisations have fallen victim in last two years
Almost half of all organisations have fallen victim to phishing attacks in the last two years, with larger businesses the most likely to been compromised, despite also being most likely to conduct cyber security training for staff. Research by security company Sophos...
The Impact Of Spear Phishing On Organisations And How To Combat This Growing Threat
Phishing This is a growing problem and if you’re curious what spear phishing is or if you haven’t heard about it, spear phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails or other messages. It could be a text message as an example, that appeared to be from a known...
Apple To Unveil Rival Service To Netflix On 25th March
Apple will finally - after many years of preparation - unveil its streaming video rival to Netflix in a "special event" at the company's Steve Jobs Theater on Monday 25 March. The invitations, sent out yesterday, feature the tagline "It's show time" indicating that...
US County Pay $400,000 To Get Rid Of A Ransomware Infection
Officials in the USA (Jackson County, Georgia) paid $400,000 to cyber-criminals this week to get rid of a ransomware infection and regain access to their IT systems. The ransomware hit the county's internal network last week, on Friday, 1st March. The infection forced...
WebAuthn: What You Need To Know About The Future Of The Passwordless Web
WebAuthn is a new way of logging into websites that may finally free you from remembering passwords. Instead, you’ll use you: your fingerprint or face, or a hardware token. The WebAuthn API is now an official standard, ratified by the World Wide Web Consortium (or...
Google Confirms Serious Chrome Security Problem – Here’s How To Fix It
Google Chrome's security lead and engineering director, Justin Schuh, has warned that users of the most popular web browser should update "like right this minute." Why the urgency? Simply put, there is a zero-day vulnerability for Chrome that the Google Threat...