2020

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Artist drawing up a storm to support the launch of the Fundamentals First web site

When designing the fundamentals first website, a lot consideration was given to the style of the pages. There are a lot of great websites out there and we want a design that wasn’t generic. We want the website to be clear and easy for the reader, but also a little bit different.   That’s when we …

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Companies can no longer rely on basic antivirus solutions alone

At GITEX 2020 (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) yesterday, Trend Micro shared H1 2020 statistics that it had seen around its cloud security. The attacks continue to probe for weak points, with obvious targets including employee’s security awareness, endpoints, networks, and critical infrastructure.   Amongst the statistics were some eye watering numbers. They detected: 41,236,550 email …

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Crutch malware. Is Russian espionage lurking in your network?

US Cyber Command has found up to eight new malware types that were developed by Russian-based hackers, that have been involved in recent attacks. Today, cyber security experts reveal the details behind one infamous malware known as “Crutch”. As malware goes, this beast from the east is a relatively old piece of malware software that …

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Keep secure with Covid fast-tracking digital transformation – Video

With Covid fast-tracking digital transformation, extend your cyber security and support to overnight and weekends without increasing your FTE. The advancement of digitisation, especially to support new working practices and more remote working, has led to compromises in cyber security and weakness. Scaling an internal team to 24×7 is costly. Managing rotas, planning for illness, …

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Smart hoovers and doorbells left home alone with Amazon AWS infrastructure outage

AWS, which boasts the largest global infrastructure of any cloud provider, had a prolonged service interruption in its US-EAST-1 Region on Wednesday 25th November, taking several hours to resolve. As a result, significant internet disruption was experienced. Unsurprisingly, when a company like AWS has a problem, the internet has a problem. The outage disrupted many …

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Outsourced IT Help Desk and SOC

Keep supported and secure through the festive period – Video

Keep your business supported and secure through the festive period, extending your internal IT teams with a 24×7 IT Help Desk and Security Operations Centre. If your organisation is relying on a small IT team, it is likely they are stretched too thin. This leads to compromised security, poor technology support, and struggling service satisfaction. …

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Smart doorbells not so smart, security research discovers just how insecure top devices are

Our homes are becoming increasingly full of gadgets, from autonomous hoovers, to smart speakers, light bulbs, alarm clocks and doorbells. Our thirst for automation in the search of convenience has never been stronger. For all the positive benefits that come from these “Internet of Things (IOT)” devices, there is a darker side. The more we …

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UK-wide IT system outage for the Post Office stops business earlier this month

The core IT system which is the backbone of the UK Post Office branches unexplainably went offline earlier this month, on November 5th. The system known as Horizon is the central retail and accounting system for the Post Office. Embarrassingly, Post Office branches across the UK became unable to do business. Post Office workers and …

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“Defend Today, Secure Tomorrow” replies the Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure to Donald Trump

Succinct and to the point, was the statement that Chris Krebs responded to Donald Trump on Twitter, post Trump firing the Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure for the Department of Homeland Security in the US. In typical Trump style, the firing was announced over Twitter, coming after the statement from the director that there was …

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