The Federal Government has confirmed that eight Australian Small Businesses have been hit bya huge Malware attack orchestrated globally on the weekend. Whilst the Prime Minister’s Cybersecurity Advisor has warned that the “game is not over” between hackers and cybersecurity companies.

Just think for a moment of a hacker breaking into someone’s account. Did your mind instantly go to a place where someone is sitting behind a computer in a dark, smoke-filled room bashing away on a keyboard to gain access to your files? Traditionally you’d be right but lately.

Australia Post has an interesting way of assessing their internal IT Security – internal phishing campaigns. These campaigns are designed to test staff and their awareness of Security issues; as well as the steps that they would take when they think they spot a nefarious email.

It’s a crazy world for security fears at the moment.

Scam emails that claim to come from reputable organisations are being sent to harvest personal details or to infect your computer with malicious software such as ransomware. Based on previous experience, email-based scams are likely to increase during holiday seasons.

So you’re wondering how the banks secure your money? You probably already know the answer although you might not be aware of what it’s called, or how it works.

An issue that all business owners have asked at one point is “how do I keep my data secure?” When it comes to small business there are two myths that are consistently perpetuated; “It won’t happen to me” and “there is nothing that I can do” Unfortunately, both of these could not be further from […]

With the ease of availability of information about email scams  the numbers of businesses who’s emails are being compromised continues to steadily rise. Email-borne it security risks include viruses, scams, phishing attacks and more. Knowing how to protect yourself against these attacks is challenging because hackers are dynamic and smart about how and who they […]