Email Phishing Attacks Reportedly Risen by 667%
Cybercriminals are at it again, distributing malware and stealing login credentials Following the Coronavirus outbreak there has been an increase in the quantity of phishing attacks which has completely rocketed over the last 3-months, equating to a 667% increase. Supposedly to combat the spread of the Coronavirus hackers have been known to set up fake […]
Email attacks are on the rise
Email attacks A report by Mimecast, who assess the efficiency of popular email security systems, claims that the number of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks have risen by 269% compared to the previous three months, showing a huge spike in such assaults. BEC attacks are emails carrying viruses or other forms of malware, and/or malicious […]
Emotet, comes back to life and is back spamming again!
Emotet is back spamming after months of inactivity and currently using stolen emails to reply to existing email threads with malspam. One of today’s largest and most dangerous malware botnets has returned, after having been silent for four months. During that time, the botnet’s command, and control (C&C) Servers were shut down and Emotet stopped […]
Benefits of Amshire’s Disaster Recovery
Downtime costs money! Time to consider Disaster Recovery. Ever thought how your business would recover in the event of a disaster? Fire and Flood are two “f” words that come to mind when you think about your business being destroyed. However, we can’t help to re-plaster the walls or redecorate, but we can help you […]
Support for Windows 7 ends in less than one year – so what next?
Are you still using the Windows 7 Operating System? You have less than one year until Microsoft ends its extended support for this operating system. (RIP Windows 7) Microsoft used automatic updates to deploy security patches to your PC. Security patches were an essential way of helping to protect your PC against malicious activity from […]
TV Licensing Scam
Please be advised that it has come to our attention there is currently an ‘Email Scam’ doing the rounds regarding “TV Licensing Renewal” (as per pic below) The email appears to advise that there is a problem with your TV Licensing payments and has a hyperlink to click onto, Amshire’s advice is […]
Stay Safe this Christmas
Everyone knows that the Christmas season is just around the corner and we are all preoccupied with ordering gifts for our friends and family. However, phishing scams have seen a drastic increase. Threats have become so sophisticated with many phishing sites existing an average of under 15 hours! Google, PayPal, Yahoo and Apple are heavily […]
Windows 7 Support to end on 14th January 2020
Windows 7 was released in October 2009 with Microsoft making a commitment to supply 10-years of product support. However, Microsoft have decided to end extended support for Windows 7 Operating system on 14th January 2020. In tech terms, known as ‘end-of-life’ (EOL) for the software. The end of life for a software product can be a significant challenge […]
2-minute Cyber Security Interview
Cyber Security Interview David Parkes, Sales Engineer of Amshire had an interview with Consort IT Ltd. This was to discuss how businesses can improve their cyber security in the era of ransomware attacks and CryptoLocker viruses. David explains why a layered security approach and a robust Disaster Recovery is the best solution. What do you […]
Cyber Crime – 5 steps to better Cyber Security
5 steps to better cyber security The cost of cyber crime is high. Both in terms of the immediate financial loss and the productivity which is impeded by downtime. It is therefore important for organisations to do everything they can to protect themselves. The problem facing many SMBs is that they do not have the […]