Cybersecurity articles

To enhance our security awareness platform and simulated phishing attacks Yet another month of lockdown and another month of Stage 4 lockdown for us Melbournians - you know it’s getting desperate when your only weekly outing is going to the supermarket and you actually get excited about it. On the bright side, it has given us a chance to build out on some of our service offerings. Over the last month, we’ve partnered with security ...

  Hi all,   Another month of lockdown and I think I’m getting Stockholm syndrome - COVID-19 is just misunderstood, it only wants to be friends; really good friends. Who needs the outside world when you have a pair of ugg boots and a heater for company?   On a more serious note, there are a few short items I’d like to go through today - firstly, with lockdown restrictions easing, some staff returning to ...

Working from home is a given now - but it doesn't mean we need to compromise security As you would imagine, our helpdesk team has been inundated with calls this week, as we try to get your workforce up and running from home. We're pleased to say that because most of you were proactive and saw this need coming, we've been able to manage the workload and get the vast majority of you up and ...

Number one on the list of IT priorities this month is the end of support of Microsoft Windows 7 devices - these machines are now unsupported and are a security risk to your business. If you’ve been putting off replacing or upgrading, now is the time! Next on the list - there is a lot of doom and gloom coming from my monthly posts. Hackers are stealing my data, robots are stealing our jobs, my ...

It’s already the last monthly email of the year - it feels like it has gone in a blink. I just want to thank you for making what we do here at Intuitive IT possible, without you and your staff we wouldn’t be here! Have a wonderful break, and best wishes for the new year. Now onto serious matters - if you use Office 365 you need to back it up! Please watch this short ...

Hi all,   This month there are a few items on the agenda and as per last month, I’m going to try and keep the IT security side of things brief!   Firstly, on security - the holiday period is always the busiest time of year for scammers. Please let your staff know to be extra careful when opening emails, especially ‘unexpected’ package delivery notifications, and as always, get in touch with us if anything doesn’t ...

Hi all, The last few monthly emails I’ve been sending out have been dedicated to IT data security - this is and will remain one of the highest priorities. However, there is more to IT than just security! There are a couple of important things I would like to mention this month. Firstly, in regards to Microsoft desktop operating systems. Microsoft will end support for Windows 7 on the 14th of January 2020. This means ...

Hi all, This month has seen another huge spike in data breaches - specifically Office 365 accounts without two factor authentication enabled. These exploits are generally achieved using sophisticated targeted phishing attacks and fake login portals. On that note, I feel it’s time for another security quiz (the last one was very popular)! Point out the difference between these two login pages, and also which one is the real deal - as per the last ...

Hi all, This month I want to talk briefly about spam, scam and other malicious email. Here are some stats of note: 10% of all cases logged in our system in the last month were spam, scam or malicious other email related, more than double any other single issue. It’s great that staff are being proactive with these rather than taking a gamble and clicking links! But also highlights what a problem this really is. ...

Hi all,   As I mentioned in last month’s report, I attended the 2019 AusCERT cyber-security conference where we learnt about current initiatives to help protect your staff and business data.   It made us reflect on our current reporting, in particular, your monthly “traffic light” IT report. When we first developed that report, our intention was to easily highlight the key areas in your IT environment that need your attention.   When we started generating ...