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Fighting Ransomware with Cloud Backups and Data Immutability

By Michael DuffIn Cloud Services, Cyber Security, RansomwarePosted April 19, 2020

Keeping data backups offsite greatly reduces your ransomware risk

2020’s Twenty Tips: Mistakes to avoid

By Michael DuffIn Computer Security, Cyber Security, Phishing, RansomwarePosted January 23, 2020

In the first instalment of this two-article series we will be looking at cybersecurity habits to avoid when using your computing devices

Sextortionists return for Christmas – price goes down, threats go up

By Michael DuffIn Computer Security, Cyber Security, RansomwarePosted December 24, 2019

A week ago, a concerned Naked Security reader shared with us a “send us money or else” email that was a bit different from others he’d received in the past. The claims and the demands followed a predictable theme – one that we call sextortion because of the connection between sexuality and extortion. Simply...

If Your IT Company Can’t Protect Itself – It Can’t Protect You! Pay Attention, This May Sting a Little!

By AdministratorIn Computer Security, Cyber Security, Phishing, Ransomware, TechnologyPosted November 9, 2019

IT Providers are considered high targets and we take this threat very seriously. If we are breached our clients will be the ones victimized.

The Top Clicked Phishing Email Subjects for the 3rd Quarter 2019

By Michael DuffIn Computer Security, Cyber Security, Phishing, TechnologyPosted October 29, 2019

Nearly half of all social media-related phishing emails imitated LinkedIn messages. This is a trend we are seeing each quarter, likely because there is a perception that these emails appear to be legitimately coming from a professional network.

Shipping giant Pitney Bowes can be added to the list of victims hit by RANSOMWARE

By Michael DuffIn Computer Security, Cyber Security, Ransomware, TechnologyPosted October 14, 2019

Pitney Bowes was affected by a malware attack which impacted some systems & disrupted client access to some of our services. We apologize for any disruption to your systems. We are working to restore affected systems. Please visit http://pb.com/systemupdate for updates. (Source Twitter @PitneyBowes).