Anti Spam and Web Filtering Blog

Fake webpages and phishing emails explode the weekend from Black Friday' through to ‘Cyber Monday'. Here are some top tips to stay safe and avoid taking the bait!

10 Nov

Financial Malware on the Rise – More Damaging than Ransomware

Geraldine Hunt

Financial cybercrime is dominated by three well-known Trojans, which combined, were responsible for 86% of all financial attack activity in 2016.

9 Nov

5 Things a System Administrator Should Never Do - Network Security No-Nos!

Geraldine Hunt

Most Systems Administrators do an excellent job; however sometimes, under pressure, mistakes happen. We have devised a target list of things for IT system admins to avoid at all costs.

27 Oct

Cybersecurity Labor Shortfall Exposes Companies to Threats

C Henry

The fact is that cybercriminals target all types of businesses. Every organization needs qualified I.T. staff with the skills and experience to mitigate this risk.

17 Oct

Keep Road Warriors Safe with Cloud Based DNS Web Filtering

C Henry

For those in charge of IT security, ensuring mobile and web security for the road warrior is a big challenge.

11 Oct

How to Protect your Enterprise from 91% of Cyberattacks

Geraldine Hunt

Yes, there is a way to stop 91% of all cyberattacks before they penetrate your enterprise. Most are not prepared to take this drastic step.

5 Oct

Bug Bounty Hunters Help Make the Internet Safer

Geraldine Hunt

Bug bounty hunting is the act of finding security vulnerabilities in software and websites for payment. Many big tech companies run their own bug bounty programs.

27 Sep

How to Make Managing Web Content Filtering Easier with LDAP

Geraldine Hunt

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a staple of enterprise IT infrastructures for authenticating and storing data about users - your web content filtering solution should be no exception.

12 Sep

Equifax Breach - Half the Population of the U.S. Compromised

Geraldine Hunt

The consumer credit reporting giant, Equifax, has been breached by hackers. With 209,000 U.S. customers exposed, the scope of this security breach is massive.

11 Sep

Spotting fake invoice scams – think twice before you pay that invoice!

Geraldine Hunt

Fake invoice scams accounted for more than $5 billion in losses to December 2018, with more than 24,000 reported incidents worldwide. Cybercriminals are shifting their focus to take advantage of careless user behavior.

21 Aug