Every time you sign up for something new, it seems you have to think up a new password. Sometimes you can use your Google or Facebook credentials but more often than not, you have to use your email address and come up with a new password. The lazy amongst us reuse...
A lot can happen between your morning coffee and your lunch. That’s all it takes to go from ‘normal’ to ‘disaster’ when the hackers strike. Microsoft researchers recently worked backwards through a ‘BEC’ attack (business email compromise – IT people love to convert...
The world has changed... Since we designed our original ‘base’ KARE plans, the world has gone more mobile, more in the cloud and ‘work-from-anywhere’ is ubiquitous. And the cyber-threat environment has become much more adverse. Our KARE plans need to reflect 2023! In...
The nature of work has changed. Your team expect to work securely from anywhere, on any device, and they put a high premium on work that enriches and fulfills them. They need to be more connected, more 'plugged-in' to colleagues, partners, clients and suppliers, and...
The NSA have released a ‘Cybersecurity Information Sheet’ for home networks. We know that home networks can range from simple to complex. You might have smart TVs, smart home lighting, Google Home, Alexa, alarms, cameras – the list goes on. These devices can be less...
The stats are in, and they are alarming! Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are up 81% in 2022! Small Medium Businesses often say to us that they don’t need to worry about cyber because they're not worth it for an attacker. Unfortunately, that’s incorrect. There...
Coming in March 2023 – Teams 2.0! Faster, more responsive and with less resource requirement. That means that if you are working on the road, your laptop battery will last longer!The new version is reported to use 50% less memory, and less CPU power. The preview...
Thanks to the demand for work-from-home, we’ve all become very used to using Microsoft Teams. We love the way it combines all our messaging, phone calls, conferencing into one, we love the way it works on all our devices and we’re adding smarts with various ‘bots into...
That Windows hourglass can get very annoying. Waiting on your PC gets very frustrating especially when you are busy. If it seems that your PC is slower today than when you got it, you are probably right. But there are a few things we can do. Here are 3 tips to speed...
Microsoft have been releasing patches for 30 years. It’s easy to become blasé about them. Yes, Microsoft can automatically apply updates to Windows and Office. But that does not mean that you can rely on it. Any system is only as good as how well it is monitored....