Are you a user?
When you bought your new laptop, did you take much notice of whether you were setting up an administrator account or a user account? Probably not. Most people are just too excited to get their hands on a new device to think about cyber security when setting it up. But here’s the thing: an administrator account (or admin) has permission ...
Unexpected PayPal Payment Requests: Phishing
One of our colleagues has recently received multiple PayPal phishing emails. There’s obviously a number of these going around, so we thought we’d share some information about these, to help you spot them when one lands in your inbox. Three warning signs These emails looked very convincing: right branding, right layout, realistic footer information. So, what gave it away?
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What’s Lurking in the Shadows? Inactive Accounts
Recently we talked about Shadow IT. Today’s topic is related: inactive accounts. Let’s think about those shadow IT applications and services, including those that you brought in from the cold (once you discovered them). The person who first tried them out will have set themselves up with an account; perhaps the whole department had accounts. When you tested the program ...
What’s Lurking in the Shadows? Risks of Shadow IT
What is shadow IT? Shadow IT typically happens for the best of reasons. Perhaps one of your employees downloaded a trial, or a free version of software, to see if it would work in their department, or because they wanted to improve their own performance (perhaps a productivity app, or a grammar-checker). Sometimes, after investigating a software package, it isn’t ...
Security debt – how big is your Still-To-Do list?
Security debt is the sum of all those security-related things that you are going to get around to sorting out, when you have time.
- Those online accounts that you set up ages ago, with weak passwords (before you really thought about security).
- That router that you set up in a hurry because the last one died and you needed ...
Romance fraud and your business
Romance fraud is an old-fashioned confidence trick with a new lease of life, and it’s very simple: gain the confidence of someone, so that they trust you, and then take them for everything they’ve got. These days, romance scams often take place online, either on dating sites or via a social network site. The con artist, using a fake profile, ...
