Dominic
Ransomware Protection Tips
Heard of ransomware? Worried that you’ll be hit next? Here’s how it works, and what you can do to best protect yourself. How it works. Essentially, you’re duped into clicking on an infected popup advertisement or you visit an infected website. However, instead of just trying to trick you into buying fake antivirus software, the bad guys hold […]
Social Media: A Hunting Ground For Cybercriminals
Do you ever hesitate to click on a post shared by a friend on Facebook?Not because it’s a boring picture of their dinner, but because you’re suspicious it might not actually have been posted by them? The interconnectivity of social media means it is a perfect hunting ground for illegal activity, and increasingly people are realising […]
Why So Many Businesses Are Embracing The Cloud
Are you using the cloud sufficiently enough to solve the challenges your business faces on a day to day basis? Many businesses just like yours are benefitting from cloud computing, seeing increased efficiency, better cash flow management, and a whole lot more. But why have so many businesses embraced the cloud? Flexibility Cloud-based services are ideal for growing […]
This Is The Easiest Way For Your Team To Track Their Work…
For a few months now we’ve been utilising a tool here at Cloud Plus – and it’s working brilliantly well with our team. Particularly when it comes to ‘getting stuff done’. A lot of the business owners I speak with haven’t heard of it, nor use it, so I thought I’d take a minute out to give […]
Beware: Ransomware Is Out There!
Source: Copyright (c) Studio One Networks. All rights reservedBelow is some vitally important information taken from the Norton website, about the latest cyber-crime that is sweeping the world and with it…our networks?The latest spin on a ransom note isn’t composed of letters clipped out of a newspaper.Increasingly, criminals are unleashing brash attacks on your PC […]
New Installers Wreaking Havoc
Source: Cammy Harbison – http://www.idigitaltimes.com/ (29th March 2016) Ransomware infections have seen exponential growth in 2016, as security researchers report both old encrypting malware like Cryptolocker and new versions like Locky are utilising craftier methods to attack machines and encrypt files, before victims even realise what’s happened.Victims are then forced to either pay the ransom or […]
Deleting Your History…
A lot of people aren’t aware of this one, but deleting your internet history serves a much greater purpose than just keeping your browsing history private. Whenever you browse the web, the pages you visit and view are saved on your hard-drive. This means that when you visit the web page for a second time, instead of […]
Who Doesn’t Love A Freebie?
Keeping your PC and computer system backed up, secure, and fully functioning can be expensive.There are a multitude of packages and software that helps protect against malware, backs up data, loads multimedia, modifies images and much more. But you can get these programs without breaking the bank. We’ve made a list of the top free programs […]
Fraudsters Posing As Colleagues
Source: Katie Morley (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)Treat emails from senior members of staff asking you to transfer money with extreme caution.Workers are falling for a new email scam in which fraudsters impersonate a senior member of their company to trick them into transferring money, according to police intelligence. Financial Fraud Action UK has warned that con-men have started carefully […]
Is This Your Password?
Source: Nitya Rajan (The Huffington Post UK) Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords Revealed!Some internet users give precious little thought to online security, and this was made frighteningly apparent via The Huffington Post. That’s right, the most popular (and worst) passwords have been unveiled. Take a look down the list of the top 25: 1. 123456 2. password 3. 12345678 […]