In the 21st century, the vast majority of businesses have their own website and email services – it has become part of a company’s identity like its brands or trademarks, logo, and product names. Most business owners understand the value of company branding and identity but too few really appreciate the importance of the domain […]
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Malicious computer software (formerly called “viruses” but more recently known as “malware”) is increasingly becoming the most significant risk to both personal and business IT users. The involvement of organised crime gangs and their heavy investment in malware development has given rise to a series of destructive attacks across the world – chasing a highly
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This brief article is not intended to be technical or in-depth, but is instead aimed at giving businesses and individuals a chance to protect themselves against an increasing risk of losing files and important computer data to the threat known as Ransomware. So what is Ransomware? At its most basic level, it is a strain
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Over the last week or so, many of our clients and friends have been caught out by a change to the Windows 10 upgrade notifications that have been appearing on their computers. While previously it was ‘OK’ to not make a decision about upgrading to Windows 10 or choosing a scheduled upgrade by clicking on
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On the 18th May 2016, 117 Million LinkedIn passwords have been put up for sale online. This follows the huge leak of LinkedIn passwords back in 2012 where over 6.5 Million passwords were leaked online. To assist our clients we have put this basic article together to provide some basic instructions of how to change
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Once again, the increasing mobility of data in corporate environments is one of the biggest challenges faced in the past year. Users are fully embracing the power to access data from anywhere. The rapid adoption of bring your own device (BYOD) and cloud are really accelerating this trend, and providing new vectors of attack. Furthermore,
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The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK. The data Protection Act
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In a recent research paper commissioned by Microsoft, it would appear that while large corporate companies are shying away from the Cloud because of concerns over security, small and medium businesses (SMB’s) are adopting Cloud technologies because of security improvements. The paper which was conducted by comScore in the US and Asia found that 35%
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The Microsoft Windows 10 free upgrade process has begun and Magikos IT recommends caution to those users who are eager to register! The Windows Update service has begun rolling out icons (appearing in the desktop system tray) prompting users to register for the free Microsoft Windows 10 upgrade offer that will be available in early
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It’s reasonable to assume from past events and history that privacy and security (or trust) concerns are always viewed differently depending on your original point in time. For example, my grandparents generation would never trust the banks, leaving the majority of their money in pots or hidden spaces around the house because this was deemed
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From April 8th 2014, all support from Microsoft for Windows XP will cease. There will be no further security patches or updates – this will leave Windows XP vulnerable to any new security flaws discovered. Windows XP was released by Microsoft almost 13 years ago, pre-dating most of the connected infrastructure that we all take
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With 2012 almost complete it’s about that time for us at Magikos IT to put modern pen-to-paper and blog about our technical predictions for 2013. However in keeping with Magikos IT ethos, we provide these predictions without having the need to survey thousands of IT staff and managers, without the need to pay significant fees
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UPDATE (07/11/12) – Fresh reports, some directly from PayPal, now suggest that the attack described in the article below was not directed towards PayPal and instead was directed towards a company called ZPanel. Many of the leading news organisations are now reporting this retraction and therefore the original claims are not accurate. However changing your
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Released at the end of February 2012 by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized single-board computer originally intended to stimulate the teaching of basic computer programming in schools. However the uses for this inexpensive computer will undoubtedly be constrained only by peoples’ imagination. But how will this non-edible Pi
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Why are organisations failing to learn from the increasing numbers of highly publicised data security breaches that cause so much damage to company reputations? With an ever increasing number of individuals working outside the office environment, there are continuing failures to provide a suitably secure vehicle for people to do what they need to do
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