Security

The average office worker sends and receives around 121 emails every day. And while that sounds like a lot, you may be shocked to learn that 3 billion phishing emails are sent each day. They account for 1% of all email traffic. What's a phishing email? It's an email sent by cyber criminals that pretends…

How to keep your business's data ultra-safe during the Work From Home revolution Love it or hate it, Working From Home is huge and here to stay. As a nation, we've really embraced the changes forced upon us by the pandemic. Many businesses have become more flexible with a mixture of office-based workers, hybrid workers…

Last week there were stories that a password manager called LastPass had seen some of its customers' master passwords compromised. The company denies that happened. And it's possible that some of the people who reported being affected had old accounts with master passwords they'd used with other services. Do you use a password manager in…

GoDaddy last week announced a major breach in its security, involving more than a million of its customers. And if your business could be affected, there are some urgent actions you must take now. You've probably heard of GoDaddy. It's been around since the late 1990s when it started as a place to build and…

5 steps to improve your ransomware resilience Ransomware is the most terrifying data security threat your business has ever faced. Imagine all your staff trying to login one morning. But all of them get a bright red screen saying your data has been locked away, and you must pay a huge ransom in Bitcoin to…

How to avoid current online and phone scams  We're helping every person and business in Carlisle to stay safe, by issuing this urgent advisory. Hackers have become very creative in the last few weeks, leveraging the Coronavirus to target people. We've seen a massive surge in attacks. So we've compiled a list of some of…