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🆕 The 'Plain English' Guide To Keeping Your Business Running - February Round-Up

We've been pretty quiet on our support desk this month and we'd like to think... https://t.co/5ZgCUGQmcZ

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How bad is your password policy? It horrifies me that most SMEs resist even password expiry. Coronavirus: North Korea and Russia hackers ‘targeting vaccine’ https://t.co/1S3dJNwqCy

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Data security goes beyond anti virus software. Secure data destruction is just as important. Warning after 75,000 ‘deleted’ files found on used USB drives https://t.co/heImCtFLN7

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Some IT provider or IT manager out there is saying I told you so. Anti Virus alone won’t save you. If you are all at sea let us know. Marriott Hotels fined £18.4m for data breach that hit millions https://t.co/R255OySjZ2

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Please don’t tell me your fine you have anti virus software. If advised your IT security isn’t enough by a professional it isn’t. This isn’t sales this is a warning, secure it or loose it. Therapy patients blackmailed for cash after clinic data breach https://t.co/oLrK84OFrd

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An example of why you need more than an anti virus package to keep secure. Wisepay: School payments service hit by cyber-attack https://t.co/s1lK7qN0u8

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Oh how those VPN adverts annoy me. Well someone beat me to it on the blog post about it so rather than reinvent the wheel I'll reference their post as its very informative and clears some of the misleading marketing chaff that riles me each time I see it.
https://t.co/QnWZ0xkkjr

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Garmin Ransomware attack, will they pay?
https://t.co/yojS59Lxmt

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Do you select your IT provider because they are cheaper? If so what aren’t they doing to keep their costs low? How vulnerable is their IT that could then allow access to yours? Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack https://t.co/o162PfMELz

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This is why we recommend 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) on all email accounts - Premier League club almost lost £1m to hackers - report https://t.co/uKn03n11z1

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Cyber Essentials, we don't just talk about it we do it.
IT Security isn't a simple affair, its not just technology, its human, very human. Get it wrong and it can cost you your business.
https://t.co/6GNWTAAsOa

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Its not what we do its the way that we do it.
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Better to not fall fowl in the first place of course - How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco https://t.co/AUPigkO4Co

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Do you think th US is their only target? Be aware of Covid fake emails - Russian hacker group Evil Corp targets US workers at home https://t.co/iinMNFsvoX

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Do you honestly think anti virus and a firewall will protect you against attacks like this? - Australia cyber attacks: PM Morrison warns of ‘sophisticated’ state hack https://t.co/DFKLJAQqPV

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How many exposures will it take before you are tripped up? It only takes one mistake, are your prepared? - One-in-five experiences cyber fraud each year https://t.co/EUIaKcWgCB

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More encryption attacks, be ready to recover if you can’t prevent - Honda’s global operations hit by cyber-attack https://t.co/hpZD53hZ1x

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Be wary - Android: Why this photo is bricking some phones https://t.co/RfE8fErkHj

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Oops, that could have gone better - Hackers in £800K Bitcoin ransom note to Kent PPE firm https://t.co/CoNXIMry1L

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I have seen this take place once so far in the wild - ‘Hackers burned my hand with computer virus’ https://t.co/4ETTwIpeGF

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Our small contribution.
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