CyberSecurity Updates

When decommissioning their old hardware, many companies ‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’ Taking a defunct router out of an equipment rack and sliding in a shiny new replacement is probably an everyday occurrence in many business networking environments. However, the fate of the router being discarded should be as important, if not more so, as the smooth transition and implementation of the new kit in the rack. Unfortunately, this appears often not to…

Before you rush to buy new hardware, try these simple tricks to get your machine up to speed again – and keep it that way. A slow-running computer can be a major headache, affecting your productivity and causing unnecessary stress. But before frustration kicks in and makes you run to buy a new machine, there are several simple and effective steps you can take to speed up your current PC. From freeing up space on…

Have your cake and eat it too – enjoy some of what the online world has to offer without always giving out your contact details We’ve all lost count of how many times we’ve entered our email address and phone number to sign up for an online service, access a website or an app, read the news or log into any of the social media accounts most of us have. Put bluntly, our contact information…

by Paul Ducklin “PRIVATE KEY”: THE HINT IS IN THE NAME No audio player below? Listen directly on Soundcloud. With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and anywhere that good podcasts are found. Or just drop the URL of our RSS feed into your favourite podcatcher. READ THE TRANSCRIPT DOUG.  Bluetooth trackers, bothersome bootkits, and how not…