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The CIT Newsletter: Why Is National Cyber Security Awareness Month Important?
During the month of October, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we will be sharing a host of educational cyber security related content for you and your teams. Did you know? "46% of UK businesses reported a cyber attack during 2020" "95% of breaches are caused...
Why should you look at migrating to Office 365?
By now we all know a little or a lot about Cloud Computing, most of you are probably sick of hearing the word Cloud thrown about. The reality is that in the last few years Cloud Computing has become a necessity rather than something to think about. Companies across the world have migrated or are thinking about migrating their IT infrastructure to the Cloud in the near future.
Popcorn Time: The Ransomware That Keeps On Giving
With the holiday season approaching, it looks like hackers—and even their victims—are in the giving spirit.
Legal Compliance and Your Guest Wireless Network
So, you have a guest wireless network, or have you been considering rolling out one out for the first time? You’ve done the research, and you’re confident about your hardware choices, network management strategy and planned security measures. All the boxes are ticked, and you’ve covered all your bases. Or have you?
Q&A – Top five challenges facing MSPs…and how they can overcome them
What are the main challenges faced by MSPs?
Why does ransomware often go undetected by antivirus?
Not get observed by law enforcement agencies and their own malware researchers.
How do ransomware infections happen?
Though the infection phase is slightly different for each ransomware version, the key stages are the following:
How do ransomware threats spread?
Ransomware and any other advanced piece of financial or data stealing malware spreads by any available means.
Why do ransomware creators and distributors target businesses?
We all know businesses are targeted by Ransomware, but why?
A brief History of Ransomware
It may be difficult to imagine, but the first ransomware in history emerged in 1989 (that’s 27 years ago). It was called the AIDS Trojan, whose modus operandi seems crude nowadays. It spread via floppy disks and involved sending $189 to a post office box in Panama to pay the ransom.
What is Ransomware?
The word Ransomware is everywhere, but what exactly does it mean?