Ransomware attacks have quadrupled in the past year because companies like yours are paying up! A report released by insurance underwriter Beazley last week found the lure of an easy pay-day, combined with the ease of buying easy-to-operate ransomware kits, had made the attacks a real growth industry for cyber-criminals. “From what we are seeing,
Digital video recorders (DVRs) and IP cameras were the unlikely weapons of a global cyber-attack that brought one of the internet’s biggest players to its knees. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against US domain name server (DNS) provider Dyn occurred late last week [October 22]. It caused congestion, and service outages to many
Hackers are now increasingly targeting attacks at small to mid-range enterprises. Why? Because it’s easy, and it gives cyber-criminals a better chance of infiltrating other bigger networks – including those of your clients – using your circle of trust. That’s just one of the findings released in the latest Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) threat
As published in IT News, a business in South Australia has been relieved of $1,500,000 as the result of a concentrated yet straightforward fraud operation run by overseas attackers. Two other companies have also been targeted to the value of more than $400,000 but those funds were prevented from leaving the country. South Australian police
Hackers can now use your own employees’ smartphones against you to launch digital espionage attacks, and hijack sensitive corporate information using a Trojan horse called DressCode. Security specialists Trend Micro report the malware allows hackers to bypass your Firewalls by accessing connected internal networks through the compromised device, which are already beyond the router. It
We’re pleased to announce that we can now develop custom software and business reporting tools for your company. We have expanded our range of products and services based on market feedback from our clients that they need to innovate and become more agile with the help of IT. Our new team members are experienced programmers
As reported in IT News, malware that has a very specific purpose has been found lurking in the Google Play store. It’s called Overseer, and it’s designed to target business travellers going overseas. It steals lots of information for a very specific purpose. Once installed on a user’s Android device, Overseer collects and sends back
In IT Security, two industry terms deserve a bit of explaining. They are: What is an Attack Vector? An “Attack Vector” is the IT industry’s term for describing the path that a hacker or a malware application might follow to infiltrate your IT network and compromise your data. Attack Vectors exploit systemic vulnerabilities and human
Headlines keep saying that the Internet of Things, billions of web-enabled devices that share information via cloud services, is coming. The fact is, it’s already here. From mining companies using thousands of sensors on plant and machinery to refine their maintenance schedules through to the IP camera that your business just installed beside the front
Did you know that the average user looks at their mobile device more than 50 times per day? It’s more than you’d think, but if you count the number of times you do it, you’ll see it’s an accurate figure. That’s up from a 2013 Deloitte study that calculated 33 looks per day in 2014
Computer One has been listed as one of the Top 10 Australian-based Managed Service Providers by industry ratings website MSP Mentor. In its annual survey, MSP Mentor ranks 501 MSP’s globally by their turnover, number of staff, technology and client verticals, industry involvement and more. The top MSP 501 companies ranked this year include organizations
Well it was a long night, but the Computer One team and more than 100 other Brisbane CEO’s and their Executive teams stayed out in the cold underneath the Story Bridge last night to raise money for the 9,700 homeless in our city. Thankfully, it was neither too cold nor too wet so the night
Tonight, three members of the Computer One team will sleep outside in the elements underneath the Story Bridge in order to raise money for the homeless of Brisbane. But we won’t be alone. More than 100 CEO’s and executive teams from across the city will also be there as part of the annual St Vinnies CEO
Since 2013, the Australian Signals Directorate has published a list of 4 critical strategies to adopt if you want to mitigate 85% of the risk from cyberattacks. Do you know what they are? No. 2 on the list is “Patch Applications”. Apply security patches to prevent criminals from entering your network through known flaws that
Last month FACC, a European supplier to Boeing and Airbus fired its CEO after he played an unwitting part in the loss of €41.9 million. The sacking came after the company fired its CFO in January for the same event dubbed “the Fake President Incident”. The fraud came about after an email, purportedly from the CEO was
