by Billy Crouch | May 14, 2017 | Security
Cyber crime – computer virus infections created for the specific purpose of extorting money has finally, and unfortunately made front page news – infecting NHS computers and other organisations. I’m not alone in asking the question how did this happen? The simple,...
by Billy Crouch | Oct 12, 2016 | Security
On the whole I do enjoy getting emails from customers. The best ones are probably when they buy something from us… but almost as good is when they want confirmation that they’ve saved themselves time and money. An example of this popped into my inbox a...
by Billy Crouch | Jun 30, 2016 | IT Support, Security
With all the other news that has recently grabbed the headlines (UK out of Europe and England knocked out of Europe by Iceland to name but 2), it is easy to miss a number of (other) important news items. Sad to say that the stories I am referring to are not good news...
by Billy Crouch | May 31, 2016 | IT Support, Security
I can’t remember the number of times I was told as a child – “be careful crossing the road”. I guess it worked or I was fortunate. I think the same concept is probably true about IT security – understand the basics, remind regularly and...
by Billy Crouch | May 6, 2016 | Security, Technology
I wrote back in December about Internet connected devices and wondered what interesting stories may be forthcoming. There’s a couple of recent stories that have piqued my interested. The first is about a hotel using android devices to light rooms, and not being...
by Billy Crouch | Apr 18, 2016 | Security, Websites
You’ve no doubt read about the Panama Papers – the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca (MF), that was hacked and the subsequent fall out revealing prominent names who use or have used offshore tax havens to maximise their money. Apparently the law firm relies on an...
