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Should I be worried about Gameover Zeus & CryptoLocker?

March 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0

“More than 15,000 machines in the United Kingdom are believed to have been infected!”, people have “just two weeks to protect themselves before it attempts to empty their bank accounts!”, the virus “may be costing…Read More

What is the “Heartbleed bug”, and do I need to do anything?

March 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0

The “Heartbleed bug” has made headlines around the world, but what is it and how does it affect you? Matt Kirby investigates. The Heartbleed bug has been widely reported – unfortunately it’s quite tricky to…Read More

Your password will be hacked – is there anything you can do?

March 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0

In 2012 LinkedIn, LastFM,and arguably Twitter all had their password databases compromised.  2013 saw Evernote,  Facebook and Adobe attacked.  And at the begining of 2014 eBay was compromised (although they took their sweet time telling us…Read More

What happens when disaster strikes?

March 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0

One of our clients recently had some issues with their server, and while this wasn’t a complete disaster we did have to go through many elements of their disaster recovery procedure to get their systems…Read More

Web Design and design in general

March 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0

You’ve no doubt heard the phrase “jack of all trades and master of none”? Well, that’s just doesn’t apply to us. We believe strongly in “the right man for the job” and that’s why we…Read More

Windows 8 is coming…

March 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0

Microsoft has revealed the Windows 8 release date is October 26 2012. Windows 8 is coming – bring a new user interface and more support for tablet computers. It’s quite a change – and quite…Read More

IDC warns of spiralling Windows XP support costs

March 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0

Microsoft have commissioned a report called, Mitigating Risk:Why Sticking with Windows XP is a Bad Idea. The conclusions are that everyone is better off upgrading to a more recent version  of Windows – but then…Read More

“Social Engineering” – the other security threat

March 21, 2018 Uncategorized 0

These days we all worry about account security – people breaking in to our Facebook, getting in to Gmail, hacking Twitter. Often the worry is that someone will either guess our password or hack into…Read More