Category: Security

IT Consultancy & Repairs, located in Crewe, servicing Cheshire and surrounding areas.

QR Codes – The hidden menace

QR Codes: Think Before You Scan QR codes are everywhere. Restaurants, parking meters, invoices, posters, emails, parcel notifications and even business cards use them. Point your phone at the little square, tap the link and you’re there. Convenient? Absolutely. Always safe? Unfortunately not. Cyber criminals increasingly use QR codes to direct people to fake websites…
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What is: Social Engineering

Cyber criminals don’t always need to hack a computer. Sometimes it is much easier to hack the person sitting in front of it. Imagine somebody calls you claiming to be from IT support. They know your name, the company you work for and perhaps even the name of one of your colleagues. They tell you…
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What is: Phishing

What is Phishing? Phishing is one of the most common ways cyber criminals steal passwords, money and personal information. The good news is that once you know what to look for, many phishing attacks become much easier to spot. We have all received them. An email apparently from Microsoft telling us that our password is…
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