We are always hearing in the news about large companies that have been hacked and the vast amounts of data have been compromised. How you respond to an attack is critical as knowing will help protect your companies’ systems from further damage or loss, and your clients’ data from being compromised. In this article we […]
As announce in October 2022, Microsoft are continuing to roll out their enforcement of MFA to their users. At the same time, they have also begun to change the application to show a 2-digit number or the location of the authentication attempt in the application. Number matching in Microsoft Authenticator MFA experience To prevent accidental […]
The use of computers and robotics has taken jobs away in all walks of life, some dangerous or repetitive tasks such as welding in the car industry and mass production of computer components. In computing, Chat AI systems are being used to save time and with a wider knowledgebase, than even the most experienced developer, […]
As IT systems have developed many threats have been developed and discovered by malicious parties. The use of Two Factor Authentication (2FA) and Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) is often described as the best method to keep your logins secure. There are however a few recent cases of successful attacks where 2FA/MFA Apps have been used […]
The number of cyber threats reported in the news daily appears to be increasing at a dramatic rate. Many small businesses believe that they will never be targeted, and it will never happen to them. It may be true that they are not directly targeted, however if you fail to follow some basic procedures […]
According to Microsoft, there are over 300 million fraudulent sign-in attempts to the Azure and 365 platform every day. With the scammers increasing their attacks to allow them access to your emails it only takes one compromise of your credentials or one legacy application to cause a data breach. One of the best things you […]
After the Covid 19 pandemic forced a huge increase in people working from home most businesses had to adapt to allow their staff flexibility. The number of staff still working from home even on a part time basis has more than doubled according to a recent ONS survey. This article will help improve your IT […]
We are always hearing about cyber criminals have attacked a company’s data or there has been a security breach that has leaked data from a website that you have recently signed up for or used to order something. Have you ever wondered how they cyber criminals got access? Most of us will have received an […]
This week the National Cyber Security Centre have been running their CyberUK Online 2021 events on YouTube, if you have missed any of the presentations and discussions visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAPLAtCSeL1s85YMY8ULnw The event is promoting best practices in Cyber Security and speakers from key industries sectors and Government discuss how to build a safe Cyber ecosystem […]
On 2nd March Microsoft issued an Exchange Server patch alert, this related to on-premises Exchange Server version 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. Online version of Exchange including Office 365 are not affected. The zero-day vulnerabilities were being exploited by hackers around the world and could pose a threat to the data on the servers. Microsoft […]