In 2021, nearly 18% of brand phishing emails impersonated Amazon, with DHL, DocuSign and PayPal also popular. What is a phishing email? It’s an email sent by cyber attackers, designed to trick recipients into unknowingly sharing sensitive or personal data with them....
Password123 The age-old joke of seeing passwords like Password123 written down on Post-It notes should be a thing of the past. But it may surprise you to discover that this is still a pretty common occurrence. Whether you use the same passwords for all logins, or you...
IT Backbone has joined CompTIA as a corporate member, to connect with a global community dedicated to IT professionals, innovation and training in technology. The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5...
When you think of a firewall, the first thing that comes to mind is a little box that keeps the baddies out, and for the most part this is still true. However, today’s firewalls can provide so much more for your business. Here, Luke Thrower, our Network and...
Pasting as plain text is coming! Copying and pasting in Windows can drive you crazy when the formatting messes up your documents. Soon you’ll be able to paste as plain text, in the major feature update for this year, which is expected in the winter. When the...
Too many programs are running Many programs can run in the background, without you realising it. Programs you no longer use, or programs you use only for specific tasks or occasions can mean that they use up RAM and slow PCs. Click on the System Tray in the...
Hackers are well known as the bad guys. They steal individuals’ private data, identity and money, and can disrupt or even destroy companies’ entire operations and infrastructure. Recent successful cyber attacks by hackers include Colonial Pipeline in the...
Which ones do you use day to day? The Windows key first appeared in 1994; in Windows 95, it performed basic tasks like opening the start menu and minimising open windows. XP saw the addition of the classic favourite shortcut, locking your desktop, and since then,...
When we ask you to allow us to connect remotely to your computer, you may not know it, but there are three big reasons why this is incredibly helpful for both you and us. 1. We can see exactly what your issue is In the old days, supporting people over the...
One challenge we often hear about from clients is the struggle to engage and interest staff throughout companies in IT security, especially those employees in non-technical roles. From small, local businesses through to large, multinational corporations, and...
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