Adobe’s Flash Player – no stranger to security concerns – has recently been forced into issuing an emergency patch to protect its users from ransomware. Despite the repeated horror stories of Flash Player’s buggy and easily exploited software, it’s still used on a...
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What’s a DDoS Attack and How Do You Combat One?
Websites are vital for business, so any disruption to them can spell disaster. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack spells it in capitals! A DDoS attack sounds like a mouthful and very technical, but it’s something that could strike your business' website at...
What is Cloud App Security an Do You Need It?
Cloud computing is becoming more common in every business' operations. Some benefits are set to be enhanced with Microsoft’s Cloud App Security. Mindful that businesses want to maintain the protection and visibility of their data, Microsoft has designed Cloud App...
6 Reasons Your Business Needs Cloud Computing
You’ve probably heard a lot about cloud computing over the last couple of years, but what is it? And, more importantly, how can it benefit your business? We don’t want to bog you down in lengthy technical details, so we’ll just fill you in on the basics of cloud...
Multifactor Authentication and Why You Need It
Many businesses are struggling to combat the increasing sophistication of hackers. However, the key to data security may lie in multifactor authentication. When firms such as Apple are struggling to reduce the threat of hacks which spell disaster for their employees,...
Email Phishing Scam Steals Snapchat Employees Data
Phishing scams are well known within technology circles, but this doesn’t mean those in the tech industry are immune as Snapchat discovered in February. Snapchat, for those of you who are not aware, is a social media app which allows users to send each other photos...
Samsung Deliver a Huge 16TB Solid State Drive
You can never have enough storage on your PCs, so that’s why Samsung has now released a 16TB solid state drive (SSD) which is being called the biggest ever. Samsung has decided that it’s time to solve all your storage issues with an integral SSD rather than investing...
Ransomware Locky Holds Your Data Hostage
Reports of a rise in ransomware trojans have seen further evidence in the form of ‘Locky’ which encrypts user data and demands payment to decrypt it. Gathering data content, be it blog articles or customer databases, is a time consuming affair, so there’s a real sense...
Are Apple Computers Immune to Viruses?
Compared to Windows PCs, Apple’s Mac computers have always been relatively virus free. However, a recent security attack has proved this is no longer true. March 2016 saw a significant attack on Mac users which involved hijacking the Transmission BitTorrent app in...
Can Intel’s New Processor Increase PC Sales?
In response to a decline in PC sales, Intel has unveiled their new processor – 6th gen Core vPro – which promises to transform business computing. PC sales fell by 10.6% during Q4 2015, so growth in the market appears to be slowing down. Naturally, this is the last...