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Protecting Yourself Against Opportunistic Malware

June 18, 2018

Protecting Yourself Against Opportunistic Malware The aftermath of Atlanta’s Cyberattack March 22nd saw the City of Atlanta being devastated by a massive ransomware attack that left many of the city’s critical computer data locked behind encryption walls set up by attackers. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects computes and locks up its…
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Improving your Network’s Security against Online Malware

June 5, 2018

Improving your Network’s Security against Online Malware Contrary to popular belief, online malware does not exclusively focus on breaching large corporations. Instead, The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) stresses that most malware attacks are indiscriminate in their target selection, and are just as likely to affect home or small business networks as large…
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Best Practices Against The New “Spectre” And “Meltdown” Cyberthreats

May 29, 2018

Best Practices Against The New “Spectre” And “Meltdown” Cyberthreats The cybersecurity threats “Spectre” and “Meltdown” were first discovered January of this year as vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive information on computers using modern Intel, AMD, or ARM CPUs. While the name “Spectre” included Variants 1 and 2 of the vulnerability, “Meltdown”…
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Four Essential GDPR Requirements To Consider

May 22, 2018

Four Essential GDPR Requirements To Consider A survey carried out by the ISACA found that a mere 29% of companies worldwide will be prepared for the compliance deadline of new the GDPR requirements, which will be implemented on May 25th 2018. The new regulation outlines requirements for businesses in order to protect the personal information…
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How DDoS Attacks Affects SMEs

May 15, 2018

How DDoS Attacks Affects SMEs Under Distributed Denial of Service or DDoS, a type of cyber attack, the website of a business experiences outages or unexpected downtime. The targeted site runs slow or becomes inaccessible. Attackers, do not limit themselves to large organizations but they also attack the small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs. In…
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How To Protect Your Business Against Cryptojacking

May 8, 2018

How To Protect Your Business Against Cryptojacking With the advancement in technology to ease up the business, there has been an increase in the number of cyber attacks as well. Cryptojacking is one of the forms of cyber attack in which a hacker uses the computing power of a target to mine cryptocurrency. In this…
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Importance of Business Email Systems

May 4, 2018

Importance of Business Email Systems Businesses still choose email systems over the new short-form of communication platforms such as chat & social-networking apps. According to market research firm The Radicati Group (PDF), the total number of business and consumer e-mails sent and received each day worldwide will hit 269 billion in 2017. The “E-mail Use…
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Cyber Security Tips For Small Businesses

May 2, 2018

Cyber Security Tips For Small Businesses The ways of doing business have drastically changed because of the revolutionizing digitization. And like every revolution digitization has its pros and cons. Enhanced productivity and improved efficiency are a couple of its advantages. Whereas its most significant disadvantage is its susceptibility to cyber security vulnerabilities. These threats are…
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VoIP & Its Benefits For Your Business

April 27, 2018

VoIP & Its Benefits For Your Business Most of the businesses nowadays are using VoIP. Ever wondered what is it? Allow us to help you understand this technology and how you can use it to benefit your business. Dictionary definition: Voice Over Internet Protocol or VoIP is a technology that allows you to make and…
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Prevent Cyber Attacks By Updating Server OS

April 23, 2018

Prevent Cyber Attacks By Updating Server OS IT operations rely heavily on the server. It’s where your organization’s digital data is archived, and it’s where all the computers or staff workstations are linked. A server OS or server operating system helps in simplifying and expediting the typical functions of a server. In current times it…
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Category: Blog Posts

Protecting Yourself Against Opportunistic Malware

Improving your Network’s Security against Online Malware

Best Practices Against The New “Spectre” And “Meltdown” Cyberthreats

How DDoS Attacks Affects SMEs

Cyber Security Tips For Small Businesses

VoIP & Its Benefits For Your Business

Prevent Cyber Attacks By Updating Server OS

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