by Prajakta Gawas | 23 September 2022 | Know How | 0 Comments

On 22nd September 2022, Optus notified customers that they could be at a risk of identity theft. Australia’s second-largest telco, Optus, as suffered a major data breach with the personal information of potentially millions of customers compromised by a...

by Prajakta Gawas | 5 May 2022 | Know How | 0 Comments

Did something like this pop up on your web browser locking your screen and requiring you to make a phone call? Users are often redirected to this website by various potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) that often infiltrate systems without permission. As well as...

by Prajakta Gawas | 15 September 2021 | Know How | 0 Comments

If you’ve been receiving strange, garbled SMS messages mentioning a missed call, voicemail, parcel delivery recently, you’re not alone. The messages are generated by malware called Flubot, which spreads via SMS and can infect insecure Android phones. If you receive a...

by Prajakta Gawas | 22 June 2020 | Know How | 0 Comments

A new phishing campaign is delivering a new stealthy backdoor from the developers of TrickBot that is used to compromise and gain full access to corporate networks. In advanced network attacks such as enterprise-targeting ransomware, corporate espionage, or data...

by Ann McHenry | 9 May 2017 | Know How | 0 Comments

Batteries are rarely talked about – until they’re drained – then we’ll tell everyone as we beg desperately for a charger, hoping to get enough juice to last the day. The truth is, they’re a miracle of engineering that gets taken for granted when full and cursed...

by Ann McHenry | 15 February 2017 | Know How | 0 Comments

Laptop computers are one of the most fragile pieces of tech you’ll ever buy, but they also receive the roughest treatment. Extend your laptop’s life with these five easy tips. Avoid sharp movements during use:  While some newer laptops have a Solid State (SSD) drive...

by Ann McHenry | 31 October 2016 | Know How | 0 Comments

Old age creeps up slowly – unless you’re a computer. Then it seems to happen overnight. One day you’re logging in normally and jumping right into the action, the next day booting up takes so long you not only have time to make a cup of coffee, you could have run out...

by Ann McHenry | 20 October 2016 | Know How | 0 Comments

A single click can be the difference between maintaining data security and suffering massive financial losses. From the moment just one employee takes the bait in a phishing email, your business is vulnerable to data breaches and extensive downtime. Quickly spot the...