by heroitsupport | Jul 17, 2020 | Cyber Security
As a company providing small business IT support, the single biggest cyber vulnerability to your business we always see is staff. You could invest millions in securing your IT systems (Equifax, Sony, Marriot, NHS) to name a few. But the fact is with the best...
by heroitsupport | Jul 17, 2020 | Cyber Security
What is WannaCry Ransomware and What Happened? The NSA found a flaw in the windows operating system and had been exploiting it for some time to take control of remote computers. The NSA made a handy tool called EternalBlue to make things easy. The tool was stolen by a...
by heroitsupport | Jul 16, 2020 | Cyber Security
23% of people that receive phishing emails will open them What is phishing? Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card...
by heroitsupport | Jul 16, 2020 | Cyber Security
3 Things that that could put you at risk of Phishing Scams Opening attachments or clicking on links within emails that are unsolicited or unexpected, these are called Phishing Scams or phishing emails Responding to emails that are requesting your personal and...
by heroitsupport | Jul 16, 2020 | Cyber Security
Internet Usage Keep the computer in a common area of your home Set rules and guidelines and discuss why these are important Under GDPR, protecting the personal data of children is a priority. Companies are not authorised to gather personal information from children...
by heroitsupport | Jul 16, 2020 | Cyber Security
As a company providing managed IT services, we have received a lot of reports of email scams recently. However, these are becoming harder to spot. Especially when the email comes from one of your work colleagues real email accounts. How does the scam work? This style...
