Dec 27, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
The next version of the Chromium-based web browser Opera – Opera 50 – will feature an anti-cryptojacking security feature to prevent websites from exploiting visitors’ PCs as crypto-currency mining tools. Opera will become the world’s first...
Dec 23, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
A Korean cryptocurrency exchange has been forced to shut down, after it was hacked for the second time in less than eight months. Youbit (formerly Yapizon), which is used to trade Bitcoin and other digital currencies, was first breached in April, when about 4,000...
Dec 22, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
Apple is working on merging its iOS and Mac apps in 2018. The company is working on building a unified platform for apps that work across iPhones, iPads, and Macs — just like Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform in Windows 10. Cupertino is currently targetting the...
Dec 20, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
A French privacy watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook. The CNIL (National Data Protection Commission) issued the Facebook-owned company with formal notice to cease violations of the French Data Protection Act, suggesting that user...
Dec 19, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
Update Office 365 to Reduce Ransomware Risks – Ransomware defence begins with an up-to-date operating system, an up-to-date browser and up-to-date patches. For a single user, that’s relatively easy to achieve. But schools and universities must manage a large...
Dec 16, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
Online accounts, regardless of source, are at risk of compromise. This past summer, the OneLogin password manager provider was hacked, subsequently placing sensitive customer data at risk. All customers supported by the firm’s US data centre were affected. Avoid...
Dec 15, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
Social media, Office 365, iCloud and similar accounts are increasingly targeted, often by robotic programs. You should enable multi-factor authentication (sometimes referred to as two-step or two-factor authentication or verification) for all your accounts. By...
Dec 14, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
All backups whether stored in the cloud, on a network drive, or using Time Machine on an external disk should be encrypted. Apple maintains documentation for setting Time Machine backup encryption options and converting an existing Time Machine disk from unencrypted...
Dec 13, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
It’s now against the law for the US government to use Kaspersky Lab software. A ban on the antivirus firm’s products was included in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, a sweeping defense policy bill signed into law by President Donald Trump on...
Dec 13, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
Encrypting a Mac’s hard drive protects against unauthorised data access should the Mac be lost or stolen. Apple’s FileVault encryption technology basically scrambles data on the hard drive, making the files, photos, messages, videos, and other information...
Dec 12, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
All the privacy concerns that apply to your smartphone and your computer also apply to your smart TV. This is especially true if your smart TV comes with a camera and a voice recognition feature. The Washington Post ran a piece on the different ways TVs can spy on you...
Dec 11, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
We all know that browsing the web in Incognito Mode or Private Browsing Mode is a great way to shop for gifts for household members without leaving traces of your browsing history on your computer. But your ISP will always know which websites you visit. And you’d...
Dec 8, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
A leaked US Department of Homeland Security memo has suggested that the Chinese government is tapping into drone technology to spy on the US and other countries. In particular, drone manufacturer DJI has been named amid claims that it could be “providing US...
Dec 7, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
Data security company Mimecast has released its latest Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA) report (registration required), which suggests that the fastest growing threat isn’t malware — It’s impersonation attacks. That may not sound surprising to anyone...
Dec 5, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
Businesses are being warned to carefully check their cyber insurance policies and their appropriateness as many do not provide important cover for common attacks, such as the damage to revenue and profits from ransomware attacks. Analysis by CybeDecider, the cyber...
Dec 4, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
Only about a fifth of UK organisations use some form of collaborative technology like video conferencing, and fewer than 10 per cent of employees use it ‘to full effect’, claims a new study by cloud MSP Timico. Management have an unfortunate tendency to blame...
Dec 1, 2017 | Cloud Consultancy News
If you send an email to the wrong recipient, send it and spot a major mistake once you press the send button or attach the wrong file, Office 365 has a message recall function. To use this in Outlook 2016 for Windows, open your sent message, click Actions, and select...
