As the pandemic continues, COVID-19 themed phishing emails are only becoming more prevalent. For cybercriminals, global, life-altering tragedies such as the coronavirus pandemic, merely provide more opportunity to exploit the public for personal gain. Currently, Google is blocking 18 million coronavirus scam emails every day for Gmail users alone. While large tech and cybersecurity companies are doing their best to …
This blog covers what phishing is, why its is so effective, the stages of a phishing attack, how users can identify an attack and how to protect your businesses data from these attempts. 10 minute read Phishing summarised in 60 seconds Phishing is one of the most effective techniques used by hackers today to illegally obtain sensitive information from individuals …
As technology advances, integrating itself into almost every aspect of our lives- we become more accustom to providing personal and sensitive information to machines, websites, apps and emails when they request it. However, as technology evolves so do those out there trying to exploit it for there own personal gain. Therefore, it’s so important for businesses to ensure they have …
Cloud platforms, the holy grail of data storage – or so many might think. While these platforms are a wonderful tool for storing and managing company data, they don’t provide foolproof data protection. Data stored in the cloud can still fall victim to malicious attacks, user error and accidental overwriting. It’s unlikely Microsoft or Google’s servers will entirely fail, but …
As amazing as technology is, it’s not perfect. Systems sometimes fail, hackers find loopholes or employees make mistakes. All these events impact businesses small and large no matter the industry. Which is why BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) is something businesses cannot afford to disregard. While recent news stories have covered data breaches and failures impacting business giants and …
