Black Friday/Cyber Monday scams and how to avoid them
As Black Friday and Cyber Monday approach, we look at how scammers will take advantage of the shopping frenzy.
How to manage employees who cause cybersecurity issues
We explore how to mitigate the risk of employees causing cybersecurity incidents and how to manage any which do occur.
How to protect your business from ransomware
An estimated 304.7 million ransomware attacks occurred in the first half of 2021. We look at what you can do to prevent an attack and protect your business.
New Mobile Scam Alert for Android Devices
Vodafone has been made aware of a Flubot SMS scam and are advising customers to be especially vigilant with this piece of malware and to always be very careful about clicking on any links received in an SMS.
Security update required for iPhones and iPads
This week Apple have announced an important security update for iOS and iPadOS 14. This is to fix some security vulnerabilities found in their operating system. Whereas some vulnerabilities are essentially theories that someone could exploit the vulnerability, these, apple say that these have been actively exploited. Ultimately this means your phone is at risk […]
Heliocentrix achieve cyber essentials recertification
Heliocentrix achieve recertification in the National Cyber Security Centres “Cyber Essentials” scheme.
Three ways to secure your Office 365
Office 365 is great because it is in the cloud and is available everywhere. Office 365 is vulnerable… because it is in the cloud and is available everywhere! Under GDPR regulations business owners have a responsibility to protect their clients and staff data. It would be great if this were just a one-off exercise that […]
Cryptocurrencies: Is it Pay Day for Cybercrime?
Dr Mike McGuire, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey, teamed up with a virtualisation tech company, Bromium, and produced ‘Into the Web of Profit’ – a research study investigating the socio-economic and spending differences among cybercriminals. The headlines read like the script of a B list Hollywood movie with 15% of cybercriminals spending […]
Heliocentrix reviews the NCA Cyber Threat to UK Business Report
[highlight]The race between hackers’ and defenders’ capabilities is increasing in pace and intensity.[/highlight] The publishing of the Cyber Threat to UK Business Report 2017/18, the new GDPR regulations and the ongoing scandal of Facebook condoning the harvesting of private data means that data security is first page news. We are going to examine some key […]
The War on Malware
[be_aware]Malware Short for malicious software, this is an umbrella term used to refer to hostile or intrusive programs designed to infect harm on a computer. It can include viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware and other intentionally harmful programs.[/be_aware] What you need to know about the malware threat In Quarter 3 in 2017, […]