How to Protect Your Online Accounts from Being Breached
How to Protect Your Online Accounts from Being Breached Stolen login credentials are a hot commodity on the Dark Web. There’s a price for every type of account from online banking to social media. For example, hacked social media accounts will go for between $30 to $80 each. The rise in reliance on cloud services […]
What You Need to Know About the Rise in Supply Chain Cyberattacks
What You Need to Know About the Rise in Supply Chain Cyberattacks Any cyberattack is dangerous, but the particularly devastating ones are those on supply chain companies. These can be any supplier – digital or non-digital – of goods and services. We’ve seen several attacks on the supply chain occur in 2021 that had wide-reaching […]
Cybercriminals can take advantage of various vulnerabilities in your company. Patching them up is crucial to protecting your reputation.
Cybercriminals can take advantage of various vulnerabilities in your company. Patching them up is crucial to protecting your reputation. Taking your cybersecurity seriously is essential regardless of your organisation. Otherwise, criminals can easily halt your operations. Take the University of Sunderland as an example. At first, it seemed like they had a standard IT issue […]
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 […]
The Cost of Ransomware
The Cost of Ransomware Hackers have frozen a global organisation with 22,000 computers across 170 different sites around the world for the last 3 months. Hackers who operate Ransomware Cyber-attacks demand extortionate amounts of money to reinstate systems but Norsk Hydro refused to pay the hackers demand but so far they’ve spent £45m trying to […]
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 “DO […]
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 […]
The year Cybercrime became the new normal
Cybercrime 2017 the year Cybercrime became the new normal. The cybersecurity landscape changed immeasurably after several high-profile attacks caused major disruption around the World. In the UK, the WannaCrypt0r 2.0 ransomware attack (also known as WannaCry) brought the NHS to a standstill. A&E departments, outpatient centres and GP surgeries were forced to close in a desperate […]
Disaster Recovery Plan – your data covered 24/7 365
Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Is your data covered 24/7 365? Do you have preventative measures in place for a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)? No one likes to think a disaster is going to happen to them, however, preparing for disaster situations and putting in place plans for recovery can make all the difference between businesses […]
Would your Business survive a Cyber-Attack?
Cyber-Attack Many small or medium sized firms don’t consider themselves a likely target for a cyber-attack. Due to the increase of business done online and sensitive information being stored electronically these businesses are an attractive target! Cyber-Security Policy (CSP) Cyber security breaches affect all businesses. Recent research showing that 52% of breaches were indeed caused […]