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Increase in attack attempts against WordPress sites recorded today

With the rapidly changing political situation around the world organisations have a responsibility to make sure their cyber security house is in order. WordPress This morning we have noticed an increase in the number of malicious login attempts against WordPress websites. Why is WordPress a target? It is a target rich environment. Make sure you implement various […]

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Role of technology in strong partnership

General / By The Octagon Team

In business, it is worth having partners. So if you have long-term plans, think about partnership and know that it can take many forms, and that a strategic approach may be essential. Of course, such relationships can be completely unofficial, made on the basis of a verbal agreement, or very formal – written in the

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IT Support Case Study

General / By Martin

Problem: When pressing CTRL + Home in Excel it opens a new sheet but doesn’t go back to cell A1. Challenge: The user logged a call with us as she couldn’t press the CTRL + Home key any more to return to cell A1 in Excel. This was very strange. It would just open a

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Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 18 February 2022

Cyber Security / By Clive

This week I got to report on a cyber security incident that had implications for me as I have an online account with them: San Francisco 49ers hit by BlackByte ransomware A number of the articles this week highlight that all organisations must be taking positive steps to improve and then manage their cyber security.

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Wholesale Line Rental Withdrawal – business opportunity or threat?

General / By The Octagon Team

There are three milestones you should be aware of: in 2023 Openreach will stop selling and making products available for new supply by April 2025 they will focus on the migration of ‘orphaned’ end customers to new voice IP services in December 2025, all ISDN and WLR services and relevant products will be withdrawn and

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Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup

Cyber Security / By Clive

The UK Government’s Draft Online Safety Bill makes several headlines this week. The aim of this blog has always been to make people think about cyber security and privacy, so take this opportunity to read these articles and think about how this new law may help or hinder your privacy. Online Safety Bill articles (Smart

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Snowball effect of knowledge

Technology / By The Octagon Team

CHANGE New Year means new goals. So, we come back to work in January and all we can think about is work, and with work comes learning, because we want to stay up-to-date. Even if it’s hard to balance learning and day-to-day roles, we push really hard! The pandemic has slowed down business a little,

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Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup

Cyber Security / By Clive

The first item I’d like to highlight this week, is a good news story. It is the success of the students from Girvan Academy, in the NCSC CyberFirst Girls Competition Scotland. The UK Government’s controversial draft Online Safety Bill has not been amended or dumped yet – with the The Internet Society now joining the

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IT Support Case Study – Close that Lid!

IT Support / By Martin

We can help with all IT related problems and here is just an example of a small problem we resolved for one of our clients recently. Problem: Laptop wouldn’t boot up properly and gave a blank screen after login. Challenge: The user had just got home and the call came in at 17:40 as he

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