Every year, organisations lose billions of pounds to cybercrime – and it’s a persistent and worsening problem. Out of this has arisen a highly sophisticated cyber-defence industry that is continually searching for more effective ways to prevent hackers from accessing systems and the data they store. Here, we’ll look at some of the newest defences …
Cyber security has consistently hit the headlines during 2017, especially the spate of large-scale WannaCry and Petya ransomware attacks. There have also been some notable hacks on businesses and government systems too, including the theft by North Korea of the US and South Korea’s war plans. Predictions for 2018, continue to be gloomy, with the …
Businesses rely on their networks for their most critical operations and with so much at risk, especially with the increase in cyberattacks, it’s essential you have a comprehensive plan in place for your protection. In this post, we’ll look at how to create a small businesses network security plan that’s fit for purpose. Why you …
Around the world online business threatens by just thinking about a cyber attack on their website or server. Their fear is true because what if you lose all data in the loophole of bits and bytes. The hard work and all dreams will be no more, if an online business is under a cyber attack. For …
WordPress – the popular content management system and blogging platform used by over 27 million websites – is by far the preferred choice for website owners and bloggers. According to a recent study conducted by website monitoring service Netcraft, over 12,000 phishing websites that Netcraft had found were hosted on compromised blogs running on WordPress …
Many people in the UK have been subject to malicious emails which contain ‘ransomware’. Ransomware: a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. Britons have been alerted of a cyber attack where malicious emails are sent which encrypt their devices and demand ransom …