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The Fort of Cyber Security – What is Smishing?

Pull up the drawbridge and protect your business from Smishing But what exactly is Smishing? The word ‘Smishing’ originates from both ‘SMS’ and ‘phishing’ combined. Phishing is the trickery of using imitation to get you to reveal personal, sensitive, or private information. However, instead of using email, normal phone calls, hoax websites or VoIP, Smishing is carried […]

The Fort of Cyber Security – What is Vishing?

Protect your business from the realms of Vishing But what exactly is Vishing? The word ‘Vishing’ is a mixture of ‘voice’ and ‘phishing.’ In which Phishing is the method of using imitation to get you to reveal personal, sensitive, or private information. However, instead of using email, normal phone calls, or hoax websites, Vishers use an internet telephone […]

Let us guide your business to Remote Working

Let us guide your business to Remote Working!   If your employees have to work from home because of the Coronavirus emergency, the obvious question to ask is: Does your team have the equipment they need to work remotely?   With the majority of office devices being desktop, it’s important to consider sooner rather than […]

The Fort of Cyber Security – What is Phishing?

What exactly is Phishing? Phishing is the attempt and procedure of trying to gather private information using fraudulent emails and websites. It’s more so known as a cyberattack that uses disguised emails as a weapon. The aim of the cybercriminals is to trick the email recipient into believing that the message is something of high […]

The Fort of Cyber Security – What is a VPN?

But what exactly is a VPN? A Virtual Private Network gives you online privacy & anonymity by creating a private network from a public internet connection. VPNs hide your IP address so your online actions are untraceable. Most importantly, VPN services establish secure and encrypted connections to provide greater privacy than even a secured Wi-Fi […]

Hackers Promise ‘No More Healthcare Cyber Attacks’

As leading cybercrime gangs promise not to attack healthcare organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, can we take them at their word? The coronavirus pandemic continues to bring out the best in so many people as individuals, communities and businesses combine in the fight against COVID-19. It has also exposed the worse sides of some, from […]

The Fort of Cyber Security

Let us guide your business to the Fort of Cyber Security! Cyber threats are everywhere… It’s important to understand the current patterns in security threats, which enable you to identify your vulnerabilities and ultimately take steps to better protect your sensitive data.   Cyber Security on the most part is about being aware and alert […]

Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19

Security experts say a spike in email scams linked to coronavirus is the worst they have seen in years. Cyber-criminals are targeting individuals as well as industries, including aerospace, transport, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare and insurance.   Phishing emails written in English, French, Italian, Japanese, and Turkish languages have been found.   1. Click here for […]

Advanced Threat Protection in Office 365

Industry Leading Threat Detection Catch threats before they disrupt your organisation, keeping your data, intellectual property and users safe from email phishing attacks and zero-day malware. Keeping up to date with the threat landscape can be nearly impossible as the increasing sophistication of rapidly evolving unknown threats, can quickly outdate the protections that you may […]

Ransomware Costs May Have Hit $170bn in 2019

There were nearly half a million ransomware infections reported globally last year, costing organizations at least $6.3bn in ransom demands alone, according to estimates from Emsisoft. The security vendor analyzed submissions to the ID Ransomware identification service during 2019 and found a total of 452,121 records. However, around half of these were related to a type of […]