Category: General IT

Exchanging ideas and sharing information are integral parts of working life. Ever since computers and digital technology became central to the way we work, people have exploited various means of passing documents and files containing text, images, and audio-visual data on to colleagues, suppliers and partners.   As technologies have evolved, the methods have improved. […]

Each time a major email service or social media platform gets hacked, the incident generates exciting headlines in the media. But behind the hype there’s a very real tale of anxiety for all the users concerned.   Has vital information been stolen or compromised? Are funds being siphoned off, into the hands of criminals – […]

In the first of this two-part security report, we discussed the threat presented to individuals and enterprises by malicious outsiders posing as members of an organisation itself, or representatives of a trusted external institution like a bank or popular online resource. We looked at how these imposters are refining their methods of extracting funds or […]

  We’ve come a long way, since the first large-scale outbreaks of advanced fee fraud and email account hacking, back in 1986. In the years to date, cyber-criminals and fraudsters have stepped up their game, considerably – to the point where (in some unfortunate organisations) it’s nearly impossible to distinguish between genuine staff and authorised […]

As technologies continue to evolve, the nature of IT infrastructure is changing. Virtualisation, hyper-convergence and increased connectivity are presenting fresh opportunities for malicious intruders to gain access to networks.   One of the platforms presenting new possibilities to both network administrators and hackers is SDN. What is SDN? A software-defined network or SDN is an […]