IT Security Archives - Managed Services Australia

05 Mar

How to be Anonymous online

Identity theft is one of the most conspicuous cyber-attacks in today's world. We all know that cyber-attacks happen every day and, being more mindful while browsing the internet can help us protect ourselves from being hacked. How to be anonymous, the three steps to take back control of your information online are as follows. Clearing cookies Managing fingerprints and tracker Using privacy-focused browsers Follow this https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2021/how-to-be-anonymous-online--part-one.html link for more...

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13 May

Why it is important to have regular audits on your network?

by Nicholas Guarnaccia

in Technology

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A network audit is an important technology strategy for your business. It is important because it can help run your business more efficiently and help provide a better return on investment for your IT budget. It is also a good way to help identify serious flaws you may not have noticed prior to conducting an audit. A network audit is a process where we map...

13 Mar

Keeping your mailbox safe from unwanted spam in 2020

by Nicholas Guarnaccia

in Technology

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Is your mailbox safe from unwanted spam? The most common way for viruses to spread is by email. 92% of malware is delivered by email according to CSO Online and 48% of malicious email attachments are office files according to Symantec. It is very hard to determine if an email you receive is safe or not. We partner with MailGuard to provide the best in mail...

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11 Mar

How we can help you be prepared for ransomware attacks

by Nicholas Guarnaccia

in Technology

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Are you prepared for when ransomware attacks? Ransomware is one of the most dangerous types of malware that can be distributed. It is a widely used method of attack and can risk the loss of all your files. Ransomware can come from many different types of sources such as Email, transferred within your network or even from someone plugging in a USB. Unless you have regular backups that...

19 Feb

Migrate your email to Office 365

by Nicholas Guarnaccia

in Technology

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Office 365 is a platform with all the tools you need for your business. Tools such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook allow you to communicate and prepare documents with ease. With Office 365 you can write your documents up with Word. Prepare your presentations with PowerPoint. Analyse data in a spreadsheet with Excel and manage your emails with Outlook. SharePoint is a file sharing service...

03 Feb

Always keep your password a secret and never reuse them anywhere

by Nicholas Guarnaccia

in Technology

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Password security breaches are very common and it is important to make sure they have never been breached. Keeping all of your passwords different for every website you use is extremely important. This is because there is always a possibility for your credentials to be leaked due to a data breach. That is why it is always a good idea to keep passwords separated between...

16 Dec

MailGuard – Why spam filtering is important for your business

by Nicholas Guarnaccia

in Technology

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Throughout the past couple of years, the chances of receiving a threat over your email keeps increasing at an insane pace. This can be very alarming for businesses especially if the business does not have the right security solution in place. We have partnered with MailGuard to provide businesses with an advanced email filtering system that keeps unwanted emails out of every staff member’s mailbox....

16 Dec

Two WordPress plugins that allows hackers to gain administrative access

by Nicholas Guarnaccia

in Technology

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Security researchers are warning users of two WordPress plugins – made by Brainstorm Force – that they need to patch a “major” vulnerability that could allow hackers to gain administrative access to any website using the plugins. According to Brainstorm Force, it is only aware of one customer who had its website compromised because of this bug. However, another source is also reported a successful...