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PrintNightmare ransomware attack closes businesses
What is the PrintNightmare vulnerability A bug found in all Windows operating systems allows full ‘top level’ access to compromised computers. The biggest, currently known (as of Sunday the 4th of July 2021 – 11am GMT) attack initiated in the …
COVID-19 business support
Cactus IT supporting businesses Cactus IT understands that it’s tough out there at the moment running your business and operating because of the current COVID-19 pandemic. We have been very busy recently assisting our existing customers to adjust to the …
Completed network upgrade
Cactus IT has recently completed a network upgrade for a client based in Dublin with a branch office in Otley. We were asked to assist in specifying the equipment and sourcing it for our client. The work was scheduled to be …
Award Winning IT Support
We are delighted to announce that the hard work and excellent customer service of our apprentice, Jimmy Arnott has recently been recognised by the Ilkley Business Awards (IBA). At a Gala Dinner held at the Kings Hall in Ilkley to …
Email cyber threat on the increase
Noisy email Over 70% of my email in the last week was ‘noise’ at best and malicious at worst, and there seems to be no let up in sight. It is widely accepted that email has become the delivery method …
Farewell Windows 7
Windows 7, our favourite operating system since Windows XP is due for retirement in less than a year. The most successful operating system ever launched has already reached Microsoft’s ‘end of mainstream support’. With a staggering 630 million licenses sold …
GDPR IT compliance for Small Businesses
The General Data Protection Regulation is coming this year (25th May 2018) and the time to act is now. The focus of this blog is on Small Businesses in the UK with limited resources and stretched budgets. It’s a collection …
HP laptop ‘keylogger’ bug discovered
What is a ‘keylogger’ you ask? ‘Keylogging’ is a method of capturing and recording every keystroke you make on your computer from the moment it is turned on. All information from BIOS passwords to credit card and banking information can …
WiFi security hack discovered
A WiFi security loophole has been found My WiFi is secure because it’s encrypted, or so I thought. Most modern WiFi networks are secured, we know this because we have to use a password to connect to them and we …
Single Sign On (SSO) company OneLogin has a major security breach
The global online identity management company OneLogin has reported that they have been the victims of a security breach. On the 31st of May 2017 OneLogin released a statement saying: “Today we detected unauthorized access to OneLogin data in our …