Privacy has been back in the news this with the Indian government’s announcement that they will be requiring companies that provide VPN services to record and save for up to five years, user information, so removing the anonymity of the services. President Putin has raised the cyber security stakes in the Russia Ukraine conflict by […]
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I was fortunate to be born in a time when computing and gaming were on the upswing. I grew up with a few different personal computers at home such as the Commodore 64, Amiga500 and later on an IBM PC. Even though I had no real work to do and mostly played games, from the
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There have been two advisories put out by the Five Eyes group of cyber security organisations this week – both of which we have covered. I have also updated the pinned post that deals with the advice and information being issued about the cyber-attack issues because of the Ukraine Russia conflict. I have an article
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 29 April 2022 Read More »
Just like the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), last week, I took a break from posting the Smart Thinking weekly round-up here at Octagon – although over Easter I posted some things which were a bit more fun and/or a longer read: Vending machines – Absolutely Fabulous – Smart Thinking Solutions Crypto for the weekend
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Problem: No Teams meeting option in Microsoft Outlook showing on 365. Challenge: The user logged a call with us as she couldn’t use the teams meetings addin for Outlook and it didn’t exist to be added manually. Solution: We tried reinstalling Teams and checking the addins to see if it had been disabled etc. Nothing
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We all still need to be on our guard as the situation between Russia and Ukraine continues. There are stories circulating that hackers on both sides are now moving their interests against countries that are supporting the other side in the conflict. A number of my posts this week highlight why training is a key
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 8 April 2022 Read More »
Many of us don’t like to hear about cyber security, and I understand that! This topic may seem too technical, complex or even boring. This may also result from personal beliefs such as: – I have antivirus software on my computer, so my data is safe – cyber attacks happen only to large organisations, which
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Do you know what an .xlsb file is? Hackers do and they are using them in phishing attacks. Phishing attacks have been high on the cyber news cycle this week – with warnings about various groups, not involved in the Russia Ukraine Conflict, taking advantage of the confusion and sending malware and malicious links out
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The Zero Day vulnerability The Zero Day threat is probably one of the biggest cyber security problems any small or medium sized organisation that is doing its own IT and security has to deal with. You rely on your anti-virus to snag any incoming threat to your organisation, but there is a gap between the
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