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Unaware and Under Attack: Why Small Businesses Must Pay Attention to Cybercrime
Small business as a target for cybercrime makes sense when you apply the human and financial resource components of doing business. Most small business do not have dedicated IT departments, they likely have not had the time or budget to train employees to be on the...
Ransomware Is Costing UK Companies £346 Million A Year
Despite being labelled ‘the most resolute’ country for dealing with the cyber attacks, ransomware is costing UK companies a whopping £346 million every year. In fact, more than 40 per cent of mid-large UK business suffered on average five ransomware attacks during the...
Keep Your Mobile Workforce Safe: Understand The Threats
While most people know to run some type of cybersecurity protection on their computers, many ignore their mobile devices. To that point, a recent mobile threat research report reveals that every business has experienced at least one mobile cyberattack in the past...
Why You Should Drop Everything and Enable Two-Factor Authentication NOW
If you haven’t done so already after seeing the title of this article, please stop reading immediately and enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on every system and service you use that allows it. The reality is that no matter how strong your password is - yes even...
Key GDPR Terms & Definitions
Please note this blog post does not constitute legal advice and is intended, and should be used, for general information purposes only. Controller — “the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines...
Does Patching Make Perfect?
We’ve heard it time and time again: patches and updates are the key to mitigating vulnerabilities that lead to epic Equifax-sized breaches. The logic goes that security incidents can be avoided if you just update and patch your OS and applications as instructed. Is it...
How To Secure Your Facebook Account
Over the past few days, it's likely that you've heard about Cambridge Analytica. The market research firm stands accused of developing an app to harvest the personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users. It then allegedly used this data to influence the 2016 US...
To Protect Against Ransomware Attacks, Look Beyond Antivirus Solutions
February was a tough month for the Colorado Department of Transportation, which suffered two back-to-back ransomware infections. After security measures to protect against the first ransomware infection were put in place and recovery was underway, a new ransomware...
Apple Takes Two-Year Lead Over Android Makers With Face ID
Apple reportedly has a two-year lead over most Android manufacturers with its 3D sensing tech on the iPhone X. The new 3D sensing tech on Cupertino’s flagship iPhone powers the new Face ID feature, which allows for seamless authentication for payments, and improved AR...
Apple Is Trying to Make its Own Displays
Apple's laptops, smartphones, tablets and watches rely on hundreds of parts, most of which Apple sources from other companies around the world. But the more of those parts Apple can make itself, the more profit it can generate as well as making its supply chain more...