How to view, update and keep check on Google Password Manager
Traditional passwords are widely seen as the weakest link in current security protocols, and many have called for them to be discontinued at the earliest opportunity. However, even though alternatives have been available for some time, the sheer ubiquity of...
Retailers warned to brace for cyber attacks during the busy Christmas period
Online retailers could see their busiest time of the year threatened by cyber attacks that are ‘automated, unified and around the clock’. This warning was sounded by data protection specialist Imperva, which found in its latest report that, in the last year alone,...
Budget constraints and cost pressures behind 120,000 tech job cuts
Slashed budgets, rising interest rates, cost-cutting exercises and increased risk aversion are behind the recent spate of job cuts at huge tech firms. Some of the biggest names in technology have announced sweeping job cuts in recent months, among them Amazon, Twitter...
Alleged LockBit hacker arrested in Canada
Police in Canada have charged a man with participating in ransomware campaigns that have extorted millions from victims around the world. Russian-Canadian national Mikhail Vasiliev, 33, is alleged to have been a major player in the LockBit ransomware campaign, which...
Three top tips to avoid online scams this Christmas
Christmas may be the season of giving, but one thing you certainly don’t want to do is provide a hacker your personal details or money. To this end, Sky News brought two cybercrime experts together to advise online shoppers of how to be savvy when buying their gifts...
Office is dead, long live Microsoft 365
Microsoft has officially confirmed that the cloud-based Office suite will soon be no more, with all its applications soon to come under the Microsoft 365 banner. In November there will be new branding for office.com, then from January 2023 the changes will begin...
5G goes mainstream – but concerns still remain
Smartphone users across Britain and the world are planning to upgrade to 5G (if they’ve not done so already), but both uptake and confidence in the network are somewhat lower than expected. This is the key takeaway from a new report by Ericsson ConsumerLab – following...
What your business should consider amid rolling blackout warning
The cost of living crisis and Russian invasion of Ukraine has put enormous stress on the UK’s energy sources. The result is a warning from the National Grid that this coming winter could see planned, temporary rolling blackouts used across the country, in order to...
How to ensure you’re not overprovisioning your enterprise network
One of the biggest fears for enterprise network architects is under-provisioning – to leave an organisation with insufficient performance and capacity. However, it’s because of this that countless companies around the UK actually have much more network provisioning...
Excel Tips and Tricks
The Quick Access Toolbar The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is a customisable toolbar containing a set of commands that are independent from the Excel tab that is currently displayed. You can customise this toolbar to display frequently used functions such as Open, Save,...