Monthly attacks, hacks & breaches – September 21
What’s going on around the world with attacks, hacks and breaches? Technology giant Olympus hit by BlackMatter Ransomware Olympus was hit with a ransom from BlackMatter on September 8th 2021 affecting their European, Middle East and Africa networks. A person...
Scam or legitimate HMRC Refund? Let us help you!
Scams are EVERYWHERE nowadays and they look extremely realistic, it can be so easy to be enticed by these cyber-criminals! In this blog we are going to show you screenshots of a “HMRC Tax Refund” with a message ID, malicious...
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....
How far would your competitors go to get hold of your intellectual property and trade secrets?
Around 65,000 attempts to hack small to medium-sized businesses occur in the UK every day, around 4,500 are successful. That equates to around 1.6 million of the 5.7 million small businesses in the UK per year. Small businesses are just...
We sent Condoms out to the owners of London Organisations
Kicking off 2020 we embarked on a risky marketing campaign to show business owners that their digital security is no different from the security of their offices, cars, homes or belongings. Let’s start with the perception of threats and how...
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 their...
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...