Staying Safe Over
the Holidays
For some people, the winter holidays are a time for disconnecting from the daily grind. Whether they’re celebrating with family and friends or spending a blissful few days alone, the last thing they want to think about is work. It’s time to activate “out of office” and forget about it all until the New Year. […]
Is Your Browser Putting
You in Danger?
How often do you think about updating your computer’s internet browser? We’re guessing it’s not very often. Modern browsers work so seamlessly that we rarely pay them much attention. But surprisingly, many of us are working with out-of-date browsers. The situation is particularly serious for Microsoft users. Edge Legacy was discontinued this year, while support […]
Safe Working in
Coffee Shops
There was a time when the only people with laptops in coffee shops were freelancers, students, and writers working on their screenplays. But now, with so many of us working remotely, lots of employees are also discovering the joys of the home-from-home office. It can’t be denied that coffee-shop working has serious advantages. You can’t […]
Software Updates:
Not Just An Annoyance!
Are you ever working away on an important project when a message pops up in the corner of your computer screen telling you updates are ready to be installed? Somehow it always happens when you’re in the middle of something really crucial. Pausing work and restarting your computer would be a pain, so you click […]
Reusing Passwords?
Think Again!
Have you filled out one of those Facebook quizzes recently? You know the ones – what was the name of your first family pet? What street did you grow up on? Which song was at the top of the charts when you were born? They look like innocuous questions, but these quizzes are actually a […]
Does Your Company Have a Social Media Policy?
Remember when everyone was on MySpace? It seems like another world. Nowadays, exciting new platforms are cropping up all the time. We can choose between Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok… and that’s just the start. Social media really is a mass phenomenon, too. In May 2021, Facebook had as many as 2.8 billion active […]
3 Scary Questions to Ask About Your Staff’s Phone Data
In this mobile-first world, more and more businesses are encouraging their employees to access company data on their own personal phones. And why not? It saves time, money and thought. With all your data and apps stored in the cloud, you can access them on any device, at any time. There’s no reason to carry […]
What Do You Stand To Lose If Your Business Goes Up In Smoke?
We saw a lot of devastating wildfires in Australia in the 2019-20 season, taking out more than 18 million hectares of land and nearly 6,000 buildings. A lot of the destroyed properties were homes and farms, but it’s also reckoned that more than a quarter of Australian businesses were lost. Government estimates of the financial […]
How You Can Protect Your Business Against Cyber Attack
Last year’s report by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) revealed that they received 59,806 cybercrime reports in the year ending 30th June 2020, and responded to 2,266 security incidents. And these are only the reported attacks. In 2019 alone, Australian businesses lost over AU$634 million in reported cybercrime scams. Some estimates suggest that the […]
How to Protect Your Business Against Ransomware
Cybercrime is big business, and your business is the target. We’ve talked before about phishing, but another form of cybercrime on the rise is ransomware. If cybercriminals get access to your system, the hackers can apply complex encryption to all your business data, and lock you out of your own files until you pay them […]
