Monthly Newsletter – July 2021
We can’t believe how quickly this year is going, even with all of the chaos of lockdown and the Euros! It’s certainly been a super busy month! Restrictions being lifted and England making us proud even though they didn’t win!...
Penetration Testing – Does your business require it?
Networks are not a set it up and let it run type of thing, they constantly need re-evaluation, monitoring and testing to withstand any possible cyber-attacks (which are forever evolving and becoming more sophisticated). Penetration testing (often referred to as...
Cyber-security – The Truth
Many business owners do not understand the risk that comes with not having a great Cyber-security system in place. Regardless of the size of a business, Cyber-security is extremely important! Any size business can come under attack or be hacked....
Weekly attacks, hacks and breaches – 29/11/2019
Black Friday = Hack Friday, $50,000,000 stolen from Crypto exchange and when is a cancelled account not a cancelled account? 24% phishing attack increase this week… The frenzy that is Black Friday (November…) is in full swing with estimates expecting that in...
Darknet
The Dark web and the unseen impact on organisations The phrase “Data is the new oil.” coined by mathematician Clive Humby back in 2006 is now more relevant than ever and with so much data being stored, managed and maintained...
Malware attacks are down. You need to look at your AV/ Endpoint protection software
Starting the year on a high (low actually) Ransomware dipped just under 10% over the last 12 months and overall malware attacks dropped by 6% to 9.9 billion. Fileless Malware volume is down 5-fold on its highest point last year with...
Weekly attacks, hacks and breaches – 13/12/2019
1&1 hit with £8,000,000 fine & Gambling definitely doesn’t pay for this chap. But first Santa is real?! ‘Tis the season for stuffing. Not the edible kind but the password kind. Amazon-owned Ring – a leading manufacturer of recording and...
City of London hit by millions of cyberattacks
The City of London is facing more cyber threats than ever before, according to new figures that show the UK capital’s local authority is being hit by almost a million attacks every month. According to a new report by Centrify,...
Firms buy insurance in ‘mad panic’ as cyber attacks soar!
So many businesses are buying cyber insurance “in a mad panic”, warns Charl Van Der Walt of SecureData, a cyber-security company. Charl Van Der Walt With cyber-attacks increasing in frequency and severity, many companies are turning to insurance to cover...
Cisco and IBM partnering for better security
Considering the spate of cyber threats faced by customers, the need to more easily prioritize these threats, understand the scope and veracity of the attacks, and subsequently automate the responses, has never been more critical. While many security vendors exist...