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    2023-06-19 09:24:32

    Stop! And think, before you act on that email

    How many times a day do you respond to an email without really thinking about its contents?

    2022-11-22 15:34:29

    A recent case exposes why cyber security requires multiple lines of defence

    Last week, our cyber team was alerted to a problem at one of the companies we support. Our team immediately sprang into action to protect the business, its systems and its data. Our subsequent investigations exposed exactly why any cyber-security strategy must be multi-faceted. Here’s why.

    2022-02-16 16:34:24

    Microsoft blocks 1,000 malicious emails a second

    Microsoft’s recently revealed that more than 35.7 billion malicious emails were sent to its customers last year. Fortunately for us, the tech giant blocked 1,000 of these malicious emails every second of 2021. That’s about 31.5 million seconds.

    2021-11-16 15:39:54

    The Phishing Threat Now: A 2021 Update

    According to the FBI, phishing incidents doubled in frequency during 2020. The pandemic was boom time for cyber criminals, with nearly a quarter of a million phishing attempts reported in the USA alone. What can companies do to protect themselves from such email-based cyber threats?

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    2021-04-12 07:30:00

    What Are the COVID-19 Keepers? Four of 2020’s Changes We Plan to Continue

    As we pass the year anniversary of the first lockdown, Grant McGregor asks: what are the COVID keepers? A lot has changed in the world of IT over the last twelve to eighteen months. The changes we’ve made to enable our organisations to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic have been far-reaching. And...

    2021-02-08 10:18:00

    The State of Email Security Update

    At the end of last year, security company Mimecast released the latest version of its annual state of email security report – and it revealed some worrying findings. What should organisations be doing to protect themselves from the current attack vectors? In this year’s report(1), Mimecast...

    2019-09-30 08:30:50

    Why Email Filtering is More Important than Ever

    Email poses perhaps the greatest risk for organisations in terms of cyber security.

    2019-06-19 14:12:53

    Outlook – Cloudy

    We recently published an article relating to email and the evolution of cybercrime and another referring to the rising popularity of Microsoft’s Office 365 suite and the growing security risks associated with it.

    2017-03-20 14:10:19

    (Not Always Obvious) Things to Look Out for to Avoid Phishing Scams

    Phishing scams are incredibly common nowadays. Luckily anyone who uses a computer on a daily basis is now very used to ignoring the most obvious types of phishing emails with poor spelling or grammar in the content; not to mention that those that are sent out en masse will nearly always be caught...

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