Apr
25
2017
Before we start talking about all things hacker, let’s first play out a short scenario for you, and see if you recognise it:
“A 15-year-old boy sits behind a glowing blue monitor, typing furiously. The green text streams across his...
Apr
12
2017
How many times have you called an online help centre and been asked to go through ‘security’ before they will help you? Odds are almost every time. But what are these security questions? Often, they follow the same pattern...
Mar
22
2017
As the inevitability of Brexit draws near, with a date set for our exit from the EU, concerns turn to how the UK will deal with this drastic change. In order to keep up with other countries out there,...
Mar
08
2017
In a bold move by the government, school children across the UK will be offered the chance to learn about IT on a whole new level, in the context of cyber security. Officials have said that they hope the...
Feb
22
2017
Over the last few years, we have seen a significant rise in the number of cyber attacks targeting smaller or medium sized businesses. We believe this is because this size of business doesn’t have the same strong, resilient infrastructure...
Feb
08
2017
We talk a lot about cyber security – the act of protecting and strengthening your computers and internet based systems from unintended or unauthorized access, modifications robbery or all out obliteration. In particular, we try to remind smaller and...
Jan
25
2017
In our last post we talked about how you can spot a malware infection on your computer. But if one day you turn on your computer and discover it infected with malware, what do you do? It could be...
Jan
11
2017
Malware is one of those really annoying things that affects us all. If you ever use a computer, you will probably come up against malware at some time or another. The increasing number of internet users worldwide creates a...
Dec
14
2016
Whenever we talk about internet security and data protection, we tend to throw the term ‘malware’ around a lot. If you’ve ever read one of our previous blogs, like the one on Ransomware, you might be ahead of the...
Dec
07
2016
And so it begins. Every year more and more people are buying their Christmas presents online, and with the success of events like Black Friday and Amazon's Cyber Monday, online shopping has never been more popular. And with online...