In an issue that continues to rumble on, Microsoft have released a critical emergency patch to fix a series of vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit to compromise your Exchange server and steal critical information. These flaws pose a severe risk to businesses around the world, as threat actors managed to exploit them before Microsoft was […]

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What is the Microsoft Exchange Server Hack?  How do I know if I’ve been affected by the Microsoft Exchange Server Hack?  What can I do if I am affected by the Microsoft Exchange Server Hack?  Last week Microsoft announced that a hacker group known as Hafnium had conducted a “limited and targeted” attack against on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers. To […]

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According to a new report from Ivanti 20% of UK remote workers admit to using work emails and passwords for personal on-line activity. Making sure your staff are cyber-aware is crucial, and Cyber-Assure from Labyrinth Technology provides the training to do this. Also it provides the reporting tools needed to tell you if these email […]

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In early January we wrote about the demise of Adobe Flash Player and how it had reached end of life. Indeed Adobe themselves made a change so that it wouldn’t play any content after January 12th this year. So it effectively became an un-used, un-supported and un-secure piece of software on your computer, which Microsoft […]

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In the USA right now there is a lot of attention on a cyberattack that successfully gained access to a water treatment plant’s network. The attacker made changes to chemical dosage settings, increasing them to extremely dangerous levels. The FBI has been investigating this attack, and on Tuesday sent out a Private Industry Notification (PIN) […]

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In July 2019 Microsoft announced that Skype For Business Online was being retired this year, on July 31st. Of course that was before anyone had heard of Covid-19 or Coronavirus, and a lot has changed since then. So businesses could be forgiven for not having this as a priority on their to-do list. But one […]

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A cautionary tale for all UK businesses is detailed by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in a blog post about the rise of ransomware. The company in question fell victim to a ransomware attack and paid cyber criminals £6.5million for the decryption key to restore their network They were then targeted by the […]

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In 2019 two Security Researchers called Vinny Troia and Bob Diachenko first uncovered the PDL Data breach, and found that over a billion personal data records were easily accessible via an insecure server on the Dark Web. Part of the data in this breach was traced to People Data Labs of San Francisco (hence the […]

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Microsoft has released the Lists app for iOS iPhone owners.  The app allows users to create and share lists, keep track of team events & projects, and track issues. Microsoft trailed the Lists app at its Build 2020 conference in May.  Since then it has rolled out the List app for Microsoft Teams and the […]

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If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod, please update it now. A remote attacker cyberthreat has been identified and fixed in the 14.4 release from Apple. And remember, one of the easiest ways to protect ANY device from security threats is to allow automatic updates such as this. Do it today! If you need […]

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