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At this time of year the cyber criminals become a lot more active, it is their chance to get more money from unsuspecting consumers. I have seen a lot more email slipping through the cracks, as the bad actors manipulate their malicious messages to avoid detection. Over the last few days I have seen email …

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]]> Email Friend and Foe! #BeCyberSmart http://jeremycatton.co.uk/2021/10/04/email-friend-and-foe-becybersmart/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:44:00 +0000 https://www.octagontech.com/?p=5427

Diana and I have undertaken to write a cybersecurity blog on our news site, SmartThinking.Solutions every day in October. We both chose to start the project by writing about the cybersecurity threat posed by that ordinary business tool, we all use day in and day out – email. Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart. – Smart Thinking …

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]]> So your scanner has stopped emailing! @OctagonT #TechnologyWithoutTears http://jeremycatton.co.uk/2016/05/13/so-your-scanner-has-stopped-emailing-octagont-technologywithouttears/ Fri, 13 May 2016 07:04:00 +0000 https://www.octagontech.com/?p=2746

We got a call earlier this week from the printer supplier of one of our clients, who needed us to go to site and sort out their printer, which had stopped emailing scans and PDFs. Of course they thought it was our fault because we manage the email and must have changed something! It was …

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]]> BBC News – Cryptolocker victims to get files back for free http://jeremycatton.co.uk/2014/08/07/bbc-news-cryptolocker-victims-get-files-back-free-itsupport-lincolnshire/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:23:00 +0000 https://www.octagontech.com/?p=1550 Here is some good news about the Cryptolocker threat. BBC News – Cryptolocker victims to get files back for free. We have not tried this but if you have been caught then this may help. However it is always best to take precautions and use your email and internet securely, so avoiding the problems. A …

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]]> Unsolicited Email – Cryptolocker Prevention http://jeremycatton.co.uk/2014/04/30/unsolicited-email-cryptolocker-prevention/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:05:46 +0000 https://www.octagontech.com/?p=1417 This article looks at Cryptolocker prevention. My previous article “Cryptolocker is a serious threat to everyone’s data and files” takes a more in depth look at Cryptolocker. Earlier this week I ran a training session for a client company at their monthly staff meeting to brief them more fully on Cryptolocker and other threats. I also took …

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]]> A paperwork day! http://jeremycatton.co.uk/2013/11/05/a-paperwork-day-itsupport-lincolnshire/ Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:02:28 +0000 https://www.octagontech.com/?p=1062 I had scheduled today to be the day I caught up with my paperwork, however it did not work out that way. Among a variety of support jobs, I had to go out to Gainsborough to sort some email issues and then follow up with an issue Guitar George was having. After I fixed his …

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]]> We understand email like most people understand postage stamps! http://jeremycatton.co.uk/2012/09/11/we-understand-email-like-most-people-understand-postage-stamps/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:56:19 +0000 https://www.octagontech.com/?p=387 Clive is very fond of saying that we understand email like most people understand postage stamps. It’s a bit of a throwaway phrase which doesn’t mean an awful lot but is very memorable, I think you’ll agree! However, the main problem is that few of his listeners will realise quite how much of a big …

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]]> Super NAS Drives http://jeremycatton.co.uk/2012/05/15/super-nas-drives/ Tue, 15 May 2012 11:04:55 +0000 https://www.octagontech.com/?p=325 The other day I installed a NAS drive at one of our clients who runs a farm. It is the first of a new product which we are using now as our standard. This device has the capability of Web services such as email and even WordPress. We can configure it to run as your …

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]]> Your Domain Name? http://jeremycatton.co.uk/2012/04/07/your-domain-name/ Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:43:51 +0000 https://www.octagontech.com/?p=288 Ever got fed up with those ‘phishing’ emails which offer you your own domain name for renewal when you know you don’t normally deal with those people? Worse still, have you ever lost a domain name because you were not warned that the registration period was about to expire?  Then you found that your main …

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