Author: Leon Ware

The next feel good hit of the summer (probably won’t be written by AI)

I was playing around with an AI that writes music and asked it to “Surprise me with something cool”. Well… it did surprise me. And who am I to judge what is cool. Give it a listen and share your thoughts.

Scams in your bank feeds

How’s this for devious? A client alerted us to a suspicious transaction on their PayPal account. The transaction was a request for money which was then canceled, however the details on the transaction were “Don’t recognise the seller? Quickly let us know” and then a phone number to call… which is NOT the phone number…
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Stop Using Bigpond Email

Security Warning: Hacked Bigpond accounts It is widely recognized that cyber attacks cost Australian businesses billions of dollars each year. However, it’s crucial to understand that every individual is also a target for opportunistic hackers. Recently, there has been a significant increase in the compromise of Bigpond email accounts by cybercriminals. If you or someone…
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Invoice hijacking is on the rise – what is it and how to protect yourself.

It is a busy time of year and everyone is receiving more invoices and other financial communications than usual, but are you sure that every invoice is legitimate? Invoice hijacking is on the rise, and receiving a hijacked invoice is indicative of greater security vulnerabilities. Read on to find out about this threat and how…
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Protect Your Network with Advanced Tools and Monitoring Solutions

When it comes to keeping your networks secure, more is better. We use a combination of open-source tools, including Wazuh, Grafana, Graylog, and Zabbix, to protect our clients networks and servers. These tools work together to provide a robust security monitoring and alerting system that allows us to detect and respond to security threats in…
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Don’t have Photoshop? This site removes backgrounds from images in a single click.

Here is something pretty cool. Don’t have #photoshop? There are heaps of online tools available that can make graphic design easy. Check out www.remove.bg, this site uses AI to remove the background from any image with a single click. No sign up required! #ai #graphicdesign #digitalmarketing

It’s not just where your data is stored, but how.

75% of businesses are concerned with cloud safety problems, yet most Australian businesses do not encrypt the data they store on the cloud. How is your business cloud configured?

How to turn any website into an app on your computer in just a few clicks

Here is something pretty cool. Sometimes (ok, most of the time) I have way too many tabs open, and half of them are duplicates of the same page… as it becomes easier to open a new tab then to find the original.. Here is a great solution in which you can turn any web page…
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Know Your Scams!

A master list of scams that you will encounter in the wild!