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There’s a good reason why businesses rely on email providers such as MailChimp to send high volume broadcasts and this became obvious to one worker last month who inadvertently crashed the entire NHS mail system. A test email sent to all 1.2 million NHS staff managed to bring down the email system for hours, causing … Read more When ‘send to all’ landed a mail server in A&E
Online cloud storage company Dropbox has revealed that the details of more than 60 million accounts were stolen in a previously announced breach. The company confirmed it forced password changes for a number of accounts following the breach. The announcement highlights the ongoing risk to cloud-based services and the need for constant vigilance. The sheer size of the recent … Read more More than 60 million Dropbox accounts ‘stolen’
Samsung has stopped selling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, just weeks after its launch, following 35 cases of exploding batteries. Buyers of the phone have been posting videos and photos showing the device with melted screens and battery packs, reporting that it just caught fire while charging. More than a million Note 7 phones have been sold … Read more Galaxy Note 7 sales stopped due to explosions
It’s clear from recent headlines that ransomware is a growing problem. The number of reported incidents is rising and the reason why is simple – people and businesses are paying their attackers. There is help on hand, though. ‘No More Ransom’ is a pan-European project dedicated to helping ransomware victims, so they can get their … Read more Pan-European project tackles ‘exponential’ rise in ransomware
Sometimes, the biggest threat to a business lies within – that’s the lesson that Citibank learnt when a disgruntled employee managed to shut down 90 per cent of its US network. Lennon Ray Brown, who worked full-time for Citibank, was recently found guilty of causing intentional damage of a protected computer. According to the court … Read more The IT guy who shut down 90% of his network on purpose
Ransomware is still highly popular amongst cybercriminals, because users continue to fall into their not-so-carefully-crafted traps. Security researchers discover more than 100,000 new malware variants every single day – indeed, it can be difficult to keep up. However, it seems that all this innovation is going to waste, as users are still vulnerable to the … Read more Ransomware works – that’s why criminals continue to use it
How to keep you head amidst an IT disaster (in 6 easy steps) When it comes to data backup and disaster recovery (BDR), being prepared for a potential disaster is vital to keeping your business up and running. But in order to establish a disaster recovery solution you can trust, you must test it regularly … Read more The Ultimate Disaster Recovery Checklist
Here are the 3 types of data backup options with a summary comparison table and infographic to help you choose which would suit your business. Traditional Local Backup In its simplest form, local backups are copies of information from a source such as a computer system hard drive to a destination such as a USB … Read more Data Backup Options
October 2015 saw one of the most high-profile corporate cyber-attacks ever, although this incident may be remembered as much for the ineptitude of the public relations that followed as for the breach itself. Indeed several weeks after TalkTalk suffered one of the most significant hacks in recent memory, the company had still not offered its … Read more TalkTalk communication fiasco