Why is a simple solution to the cure to a significant amount of IT issues? Because restarting, also known as rebooting, your computer is the magical remedy every PC needs once a day. When you restart your computer, you are essentially dumping the trash and starting off fresh again. What this article...
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Quick Points: The Australian Government is switching the national 'My Health Record' program from opt-in to opt-out. Unless you choose to opt out by 15 October 2018, the ADHA (Australian Digital Health Agency) will create a digital health record for you. Because of the extent - and sensitivity - of...
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How To Make Sure You Always have a Data Backup Cover your butt with itro Backup and Disaster Recovery Sick of hearing about data security? Whilst annoying, data attacks are not going away. And when data gets stolen, or lost, priority #1 never changes. It is always, GET YOUR DATA BACK! ASAP! ...
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Scammers impersonate reputable brands to steal your data: Cyber-criminals are impersonating LinkedIn Telstra and Xero. Scammers purposefully impersonate reputable brands as they have large customers bases. The larger the brand, the more change potential victims have used services from them. Are you using a Mail Filtering Solution? Such as itro Mail Scan ...
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Thousands without internet after Telstra cables cut A damaged cable has left a number of businesses (approximately 1000 connections) without internet for more than 24 hours with some losing service in their inner-city offices. Construction crews working in Chatswood accidentally cut a Telstra cable Wednesday morning around 11am causing an immediate...
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Lost all your data? What's next? Start YELLING: Know who and what to yell about before going public. You can’t believe it! Receiving a data ransom demand from a hacker should have been the worst part of your day. But now you’ve found out your data was NOT protected. You have no...
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The Royal Quiz Scam Last Saturday Prince Harry tied the knot with Megan Markle and since then I can't help but notice a lot of my social media feeds (Facebook, Twitter, Instragram, Newsfeed ect) are dedicated to posts, updates and quizzes on the royal family. I admit, I waste a bit of...
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A big IT security myth hurting small firms: You think your Practice won’t get hacked because you’re too small, or not important or big enough to be a target. Regardless of how a hack is enabled - momentary lapse in concentration, lack of thought or lack of planning - not having a...
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A big IT security myth hurting small firms: MYTH: You think your Practice won’t get hacked because you’re too small, or not important or big enough to be a target. Data theft is not about how important your files are to others. It’s about how important they are to YOU: your Firm’s...
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Encryption A part of the Tech Premier Series Glossary: Plaintext – Normal text anyone can read Cyphertext – Encrypted text no one can read Cypher – A pair of mathematical algorithms allowing encryption and decryption of information Key – Specifies how an algorithm transforms plaintext into cyphertext (e.g. a password) AES –...
Read MoreEmail scams to look out for: Cyber-criminals are impersonating MYOB, Xero and Telstra. Scammers commonly impersonate reputable and large brands, such as the above, as they have a large customer base. Are you using itro Mail Scan? Yes - emails with the potential to harm your business are blocked from reaching your...
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