MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) or 2FA (2 Factor Authentication) is a simple yet effective way of improving the security of application services by adding another means of checking your identity…
“The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from” - Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Standards, sensibly implemented, can be a boon for your business. They are…
Anatomy of a Phish Phishing. We hear about it all the time, with warnings abounding from IT and security experts. We know we will be targeted by it. We know…
In this article, technical experts from our partners Appcheck are looking at five of the most common IT security vulnerabilities and how to avoid them. Remote Command/Code Execution (RCE) We…
What is that MD5/SHA-1/SHA-256 thing I see when I go to download an application? When you download an application installer, you will often see file information listed beside the download…
Before we start, relax! I’m not selling anything. If anything, I’m unselling. I’m not a fan of throwing money at something that can be done with a little elbow grease.…
Security Operations Threat Analysis As we are all aware many organisations have adopted working from home in response to the Covid 19 lockdowns. In most cases, it is the first…
The background: Mary from Accounts, having fallen under suspicion for her snack purchases, has been responsible for kicking off a major internal investigation in your company. It looks like she…
Why is reboot required? Rebooting helps the device to work better by clearing the temporary files stored in RAM, clears any process that is stuck inside the memory due to…
It’s a fair question. You might think something has happened on an electronic device, and maybe it’s something really dodgy. So why not just go ahead and look at it…