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Tackle your business challenges head on – With Power Apps
in Cyber Security, IT Tips“I wish I could find an app for that.” We’ve all been there; you find yourself wishing you could automate-away menial tasks, but you can’t find solutions that do the job. Well, now thanks to Microsoft’s ‘PowerApps’ feature within Office365 you can dispense with menial tasks through the power of automation, freeing you up to […]
Criminals Exploit Pandemic with Brute-Force RDP Attacks
in Cyber Security, IT TipsESET is the latest security company to notice a sharp spike in RDP-based hacks over the last few months. The anti-malware company spotted a rise in the number of brute-force attacks using the remote access protocol, and said that cyber-criminals have been using it to distribute ransomware. The Remote Desktop Protocol is a proprietary Microsoft protocol that allows […]
Researchers Find New Calendar-Based Phishing Campaign
in Cyber Security, IT TipsResearchers have once again spotted crooks using calendar invitations to mount phishing attacks. The Cofense Phishing Defense Center found the attack in enterprise email environments protected by Proofpoint and Microsoft, it announced last week. The phishing scam uses iCalendar, which is a media type that lets users store and exchange calendaring and scheduling information, including events and tasks. iCalendar […]
Online Learning Platform Exposes Data on One Million Students
in Cyber Security, IT TipsOver one million North American students have had their data exposed after a popular online learning platform left it in a publicly accessible cloud database, according to vpnMentor. Researchers from the firm claimed that the Elasticsearch database belonging to provider OneClass was left completely unsecured. The trove contained over 27GB of data, amounting to 8.9 […]
Businesses Lack a Workable Ransomware Recovery Strategy
in Cyber Security, IT TipsMore than a third of businesses do not have a ransomware emergency plan in place, or are not aware if one exists within their company. According to research from Ontrack of 484 organizations, 39% either did not have or were not unaware of a ransomware strategy, while 26% admitted they couldn’t access any working backups after an attack. […]