Here is the full story – they started off simple. 50 years of malware? Not really. 50 years of computer worms? That’s a different story… (sans.edu) The takeaway from this is: Update your software Use effective defences across your systems – for example anti-virus and anti-malware software, secure Wi-Fi, firewalls, staff training Have professional monitoring …
Following our blog about unwanted ads last weekend, I thought I would pass on a warning from Microsoft, which came out last Thursday. A piece of malware is targeting major browsers such as Edge, Chrome and Firefox and incidents have been found all over the world. It works by injecting itself into search results and …
At the moment I am working on my Master’s degree dissertation which has a long and complicated title but essentially is about how small businesses use Microsoft 365. As part of the background work I have been looking at privacy and security and how the two relate, and how business understands them, and how decisions …
Where is your personal and business data stored? I am writing this to let you all know that if you are currently using Google e.g (G-Suite) to store your data you should really think twice about keeping it there. As of the 31st March this year all Google services in the UK are going to …
Google Changes 31st March 2020 – is your Business Data Safe? Read More »
Where is your personal and business data stored? I am writing this to let you all know that if you are currently using Google e.g (G-Suite) to store your data you should really think twice about keeping it there. As of the 31st March this year all Google services in the UK are going to …
Impact of Brexit on Google – does it remain a safe place for your business data? Read More »
So, hands up if you use Windows 7 on your computer, XBox or phone. Yes, thought so. Recent calculations (December 2019, ZDNet) suggest that although the number of machines with Windows installed is dropping from the 1.5 billion Microsoft used to talk about, there are still about 1.2 billion devices running the operating system. Data …
Microsoft recently released a version of internet explorer with a vulnerability to and exploit called “zero-day” which gave attackers the ability to gain the same access rights as the user. This could allow hackers to create full administrator profile for themselves on the victims PC, edit data or install malicious programs. The code could be …
Looking back over the Octagon archives confirmed it’s been a little over a year since we covered the subject of SSL certificates and why it’s so important to have one. So here’s a short recap for any of our clients (and others) that still don’t have one. I don’t think anyone would disagree that as …
2nd International Conference on Blockchain, Identity and Cryptography, Edinburgh Diana and I started Octagon Technology in the summer of 1995 at the same time that Microsoft was launching Windows 95. The company we created then is very different to the one we run today – for a start the name is different! We have always …
