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CrowdStrike Major IT Outage

Exploring the cause, consequences, and recovery efforts of the recent CrowdStrike cyber incident On Friday 19 July 2024, global cyber security firm, CrowdStrike, released a content update for Windows hosts, resulting in a major IT outage that affected businesses and services worldwide. Significant disruptions to those included banks, airlines, railways, telecommunications companies, TV and radio […]

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Introducing Cyber Security For Your Staff – Where Do You Start?

As the digital world encroaches further into our professional lives, it becomes increasingly important for businesses of all sizes, including SMEs, to foster a strong culture of cyber security. Educating your staff about cyber security is no longer a choice but a necessity. But where exactly do you start? This article will guide you through

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The Complete Guide to Business Cyber Security Threats in 2023

Business cyber security threats are growing year on year. Cyber criminals are constantly finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities and infiltrate networks, leading to data breaches, financial loss, and reputational damage. To safeguard your business, it’s crucial to understand these threats and take proactive steps to prevent them. Let’s uncover the most prevalent cyber security

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Top 8 Cyber Security Mistakes Businesses Must Avoid for Effective Protection

In our digital age, we are all aware that cyber security is a crucial part of our business. From firewalls and anti-malware to password management and user access controls – there are many security methods that look to protect your devices and data. But when businesses are looking to secure their systems and data, they

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UK Economic Downturn: The key steps to keeping your business secure

The recent economic downturn has put many UK businesses under a significant amount of pressure to remain operational and profitable. Unfortunately, this pressure can often result in companies overlooking cyber security, which could ultimately lead to devastating consequences. In this article, we will explore how to economic downturn could affect business’ cyber security and what

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New Year, New Cyber Security Planning

2022 has once again proved to be a challenging year for cyber security. Many damaging cyber attacks happened in the last year, including the devastating Log4Shell flaw, Uber internal systems breach, Dropbox phishing attack, Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, and many more. With the surging cyber attacks and changing cyber security landscape, it is important for organisations

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Cyber Trends to Look Out For in 2023

Cyber attacks and online fraud are only getting more sophisticated through the years, and the average cyber consumer is more vulnerable than ever. Even the most careful individuals can inadvertently download and install malicious software onto their devices or unknowingly give up their vital credentials. One of the most important things you can do to

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Where AI Currently is in 2022

In 2022, artificial intelligence has played an ever-increasing role in the everyday lives of people around the world. AI is increasingly being used in high-risk jobs and decision-making. The combined impacts of AI deep learning algorithms and rapid development in big data mining have enabled the creation of systems with capabilities that were unheard of

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Ramifications of Fake Verified Accounts And Increasing Cyber security Risk

Increasing concern around the use of fake or stolen login credentials and their impact on personal and professional identity has been a growing concern for cyber security. Cyber criminals often create malicious trolls, creating fake profiles (or taking over verified accounts) to conduct scams, frauds, and other dishonest schemes. Twitter verified accounts, or blue verified

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Security Laws implemented to increase UK’s Cyber Resilience

The Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations have confirmed there will be a strengthening of laws to protect everyday essential services from cyber related incidents. In 2018, the NIS came into force to improve the security of those providing essential national services, such as water, energy, and transport.  As a result of high-profile attacks over

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Cyber Threats: What Are They?

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According to a cyber security expert, the Oxford Dictionary definition of cyber threat is somewhat outdated: “A malicious attempt to harm or interfere with computer networks and computer systems.” This statement is incomplete without including the potential for damaging or stealing data and disrupting digital operations.   The threat is described as a possibility according

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SMBs: Understanding Your Threat Landscape

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Small Business. Soft Target Small businesses are under attack. The UK Government’s Breaches Survey of January 2021 revealed that 38% of micro and smaller businesses had identified a breach or attack within the previous 12 months. When Covid-19 hit last year, organisations of every shape and scale were thrown into chaos. Cyber criminals were quick

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Cyber Threats Plaguing the Education Sector

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With cyber security becoming a more prominent need in the Education sector, it’s time to face the threats. Because let’s face it, cyber criminals know the Education sector isn’t as well funded for security. In every Education institute, cyber security needs to become relevant in all areas, not just IT. Administrators, educators and assistants need

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