Category: Security

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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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?

Know Your Scams!

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

How not to get hacked: cybersecurity workshop event in Temora

Have you been hacked? The answer is more than likely yes, and you might not even know it! In conjunction with Temora Business Enterprise Group and NSW Police we are running a security workshop! Everyone is a target for scammers, hackers and other cybercriminals. Come along and learn how to find out if you ave…
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The Y2K22 Bug

Do you ever think, “why are IT systems so damn unpredictable?” Well, here is the latest spanner in the works. And it is a doozy. We support and manage a lot of Microsoft Exchange email servers and they have all had a terrible start to the new year – none of them are able to…
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Securing your network: A System Administrators guide

Your network is constantly under attack. It doesn’t matter what you are hosting, or how objectively valuable or valueless your data may be, someone, somewhere is trying to break in to give you a bad time. Our normal approach to securing and monitoring an environment is below, an approach pulled from documented best practice and…
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How far would you go to catch a scammer?

Everyone has received a scam call at some point. While some scams can be convincing, and others down right terrifying, in most cases the calls are so obviously scams that you have to wonder how they ever thought it could work. But people do fall for scams – in 2021 alone, Australians have lost over $63…
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