What is Smishing and Why is it Everywhere
According to a recent report by Check Point Research, the number of Smishing attacks increased by over 700% between the first and second quarter of 2022. This staggering rise highlights the growing concern around this type of social engineering attack. Furthermore, 97% of all mobile malware is delivered through SMS, making it a lucrative avenue for cyber-criminals to target unsuspecting victims.
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5 IT Solutions Businesses are Adopting in 2023
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total £3.75 trillion in 2023, an increase of 5.1% from 2022! For business owners wanting their organisation to be as productive, protected and successful as it can be technology is an unavoidable asset. Fortunately, ambitious business owners are in luck!
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6 Facts About Cyber-Security You Should Consider
Every day we produce over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data, most of which needs to be protected. Whilst more data being transported and created is a positive sign of technological growth within businesses, it has subsequently brought an increase in the rate of cyber-attacks. Cyber-crime is rising, and the latest 2022 cyber-security facts only reinforce this theory. We speak a lot about the importance of cyber-security in these blogs because we understand how crucial protecting your business's data is and know how devastating the consequences can be for companies that don't put the right safeguards in place.
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Why Bitwarden Could be a Security Game Changer
According to a study by IBM ‘95% of cyber security breaches are caused by human error’, this can be anything from clicking a phishing email to having a weak password. If any of these attacks are successful, you're likely to experience a halt to business operations, reputational damage, and even financial loss; and with the average cost of a data breach being the highest its been in 17 years at £3.36 million, according to a study by ITPro, password hygiene should be a top priority in 2023. With this in mind, it’s clearly more important than ever to have a secure and streamlined way to manage your account data, and we believe we've found the tool to help you do so.
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6 Ways to Avoid Getting Caught Out by Phishing
Cyber-criminals use email and text messages to trick you into giving them your personal information. These cyber-criminals are looking to steal your passwords, account numbers and other important data. Obtaining this information means criminals could gain access to banks, emails, or other accounts in turn causing a data breach, and with a study by IBM finding the average recovery cost of a data breach to be approximately £3.1 million, allowing this to happen would be catastrophic.
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5 cyber security trends to look out for in 2020
2019 was an interesting (and eventful!) year for cyber security. Breaches were hitting the headlines almost every week. According to research, the number of data breaches increased by 54% in the first half of 2019, with nearly 4,000 publicly disclosed breaches during that time.
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Why your staff are your biggest cyber security threat...
Thomas Reid, a trained Scottish philosopher once said in his Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, 1786, “A chain is no stronger than its weakest link”. The same is true for cyber security in business, where you are only as strong as your least informed employee. Cyber-criminals will prey on the most vulnerable, and that is your employees.
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10 Unbelievable Facts About Cyber Security!
When the Internet was created 30 years ago by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, it was new and exciting being used to share information by connecting people. However, as time has progressed, the Internet has developed immensely, becoming a scary place full of risks. Did you know that there are 4.29 billion internet users in 2019? An increase of 366 million from 2018
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3 Cyber Security threats to expect in 2019
2018 had its fair share of cyber-attacks with well-known brands being hit such as British Airways, Facebook and Google+ as well as nearly 300 attacks on universities. In the months leading up to Christmas it seemed as if it was dying down, however, experts have said 2019 is to be a big year for cyber threats. Cyber-crime is on the rise and small businesses have said to be the target of 65,000 attempted attacks per day.
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