OpenSSL v3.0.0 – v3.0.6 critical vulnerability
OpenSSL is the backbone of secure Internet communication. It has two currently active and supported development branches: version 1.1.1 and version 3.0. It has recently been discovered that all...
View ArticleHardening Your Windows Server in 2020
Introduction Security is vital for protecting company assets and data subjects. Evolving data protection regulations, like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer...
View ArticleBlocking USB Drives For Work From Home Employees
With so many people working from home, the perimeter of corporate data safety has suddenly grown very large, in many cases encompassing employee home computers. Data loss prevention (DLP) was...
View ArticleHow To Secure Home Computers That Are Connected To Corporate Networks
Coronavirus is changing everything. But amid all the talk of shut-downs, quarantine, and stock market crashes, another huge impact of the current crisis has been a little overlooked: it’s consequences...
View ArticleWindows 10 Optimization Tips: Stability & Downsizing
By Des Nnochiri In the first installment of this two-part guide, we considered various ways of improving the performance of Windows 10. To conclude, we’ll be looking at methods for downsizing your...
View ArticleProtecting Your Privacy in Windows 10
By Des Nnochiri Justifiably or not, Microsoft’s Windows 10 has gained the reputation as an operating system that doesn’t respect your privacy as much as it should. If you or your organization are...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell 5 in Windows 7
By Des Nnochiri PowerShell has long been a go-to utility for Windows network users, and Windows 7 remains a powerful player in the Microsoft ecosystem. Though the company plans to withdraw support...
View ArticleHow to Strengthen Security on Windows 10 Networks
By Des Nnochiri The Windows 10 operating system has had a reputation for poor design and lax practices on information privacy and security for some time. It’s debatable exactly how bad the OS...
View ArticleWhat Level of Anti-Virus Protection Do You Need?
By Des Nnochiri Let’s be honest; the answer to that question is simple. You need the best level, and if time, money, and factor X were not an issue, every computer in the land would be an...
View ArticleThe Sound of Silence: Threats from Without and Threats from Within
By Des Nnochiri Recent news has broken about a group of hackers which appears to be operating out of Russia. The group, dubbed “Silence,” is believed to be involved in the theft of over $800,000...
View ArticleRussian Hackers and the DNC – Email Security Matters
Robert S. Mueller, Special Counsel for the US Department of Justice, has just released his findings about the Russian Hacking of the Democratic National Convention in 2016. It’s a very interesting...
View ArticleKeeping Your Account Safe From Hackers
Internet use, cloud and remote working, along with e-Commerce, are still booming – and any type of online presence is an excellent way to increase your organisation’s operational effectiveness,...
View Article5 Phone Security Mistakes you’re probably making
In this enlightened technological age, we all think we’re clued up on tech security, don’t we? We know to secure our PCs and laptops with passwords, two-step verification, anti-virus software,...
View ArticleHow to check for MS17-010 and other HotFixes
Sometimes you need to check on the status of your applied updates and quickly. With news of the WannaCrypt/WannaCry Ransomware spreading via the MS17-010 vulnerability around the globe it’s a good...
View ArticleMaking the most of Office 365 Security tools
Moving to a cloud based service such as Office 365? Many organisations contemplating a move to a cloud based service are rightly concerned about security. With new threats being introduced on a...
View Article5 Great Ransomware Removal Tools
Ransomware is one of the fastest growing security threats in the online world. Over the last few years, ransomware attacks have become increasingly common to the extent that these attacks have evolved...
View ArticleTop Windows 10 Security features
Windows 10 has introduced a range of new security features to combat some of the issues faced by previous Windows operating systems. Here we run down on the top features available for your protection...
View ArticleThe Importance Of Layered Network Security
As enterprises look to streamline their operations by integrating the diverse aspects of their business and using networked computing architectures to provide a consistent platform and medium for this...
View ArticleMonitor (Failed) User Logins in Active Directory
Everyone knows you need to protect against hackers. How do you protect your computers from hackers? One way is to monitor for lots of failed login attempts. But how do you do that? With Windows,...
View ArticleHow Cyber Attacks Affect Us
Another nice infographic from Utica College. . Source: Utica College Cyber Security
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