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Hackers Threaten To Remote Wipe Millions Of iPhones- Cactus IT has some advice
statement after receiving a demand for ransom from a group calling itself “Turkish Crime Family”. The $75 000 cryptocurrency (like Bitcoin) needs to be paid by Apple before the groups deadline of the 7th of April. The group claims to …
Password policy “U-Turn” for 2017
What we know If you are in business, you will have looked to your IT department for help and advice on passwords. After all, your password is the key to your digital life and with it comes all of the …
What is ransomware and how can I protect my data?
Ransomware is malicious computer code that has been written in order to illegally elicit money from unsuspecting victims. The code is normally delivered by one of the following methods and infects the computer, network or data: Misleading and well disguised …
What is Server Virtualisation……. and why should I care?
Definition: A Virtual Server is an instance of a Computer Operating System running within a container on Simulated Hardware. Server virtualisation hides direct physical access to the host computers hardware and instead, makes available an abstract layer that shares the …
Ransom-ware virus outbreak
Ransom-ware virus outbreak With the recent wave of ransom-ware virus infections, mainly in the form of the “Locky” virus, I wanted to offer some helpful advice on how to avoid becoming the next victim! It’s a nasty piece of work …
The 3-2-1 backup rule
What is 3-2-1 backup rule? Everyone talks about the pace of change in IT, but something that has not changed is the 3-2-1 backup rule. These 3 simple rules help you overcome almost any failure scenario….. If you follow them. …
Gartner reports on Cloud Backup
Gartner advises businesses to use cloud backup to reduce costs. They have also suggested ways to help reduce the costs of cloud services by being more selective in data selection and also retention periods. Download the full article here