The password ‘123456’ has been found 23 million times in the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Have I Been Pwned password campaign in collaboration with Troy Hunt. The NCSC campaign displays 100,000 most commonly re-used passwords that have been accessed by third parties in global cyber breaches. If you see a password in this Global password risk list…
Remote working has become the new norm across the UK as businesses adapt following the Covid-19 pandemic. Most office-based businesses continue to have at least some staff members working from home, with many organisations making the switch to full-time remote working. If your business is implementing new working from home strategies, or you just want…
“Cybersecurity is a board-level responsibility, and board members should be specifically asking about ransomware,” says guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Ransomware attacks are continually evolving with attacks becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and targeted. Businesses face a wide range of threats to important assets, with skilled hackers targeting computer systems, networks and people. …
Backing up your data is critical for any business. Would your business be able to continue running if it suffered a loss of data? Downtime and data loss can have a substantial cost to your business both financially and to your reputation, highlighting the importance of your business being prepared for such catastrophe. It is…
Bitcoin value has started to dip as the Chinese government has decided to crackdown on initial coin offerings within China. The new law shows that ICOs have been declared illegal by the People’s Bank of China, the autocratic nation’s securities regulator, due to concerns regarding financial fraud and general criminal activity. Bitcoin is a currency…
Do you regularly back up your data? We hope so, because there are some nasty viruses out there, finding new and innovative ways to encrypt your data. If you don’t back up your data then a vicious virus may put a halt to your business. CryptoLocker was, and still is, a ransomware Trojan. It targets…