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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 …
Microsoft responds to the recent WannaCrypt ransomware
Microsoft has acted quickly in response to the recent WannaCrypt ransomware attack that has seen massive global infections and disruption to critical healthcare services. If you have any concerns about your business systems or are unsure about how or if …
12th May “Global ransomware offensive”
To date, almost 100 countries have been impacted with the NHS in England and Scotland having to resort to pen and paper. Operations cancelled and Accident and Emergency units shut down by the crippling ransomware infection. How did this happen? …
Office 365 data residency location
Will GDPR impact on your data residency requirements? Are you part of a United Kingdom business that subscribes to Microsoft Office 365 services? You may also have regulatory compliance’s that require your data to be kept within the United Kingdom? …
Using Redstor Instant Data to recover your Windows 2012R2 Server after a disaster
Disaster recovery is critical for business continuity, we all know that. But, how often is your strategy tested? In the video below, I demonstrate the backup and recovery of a Windows Server 2012R2 virtual machine using Cactus IT infrastructure powered by Redstor Backup …