Australian Businesses Are Being Targeted

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This morning the Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison called an emergency conference to raise awareness and inform the public of a cyber-attack currently targeting Australian businesses and organisations.

"This activity is targeting Australian organisations across a range of sectors, including all levels of government, industry, political organisations, education, health, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure," he said.

No business is too small to be targeted by this attack

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Have you got MFA turned on everywhere?

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Have you got MFA turned on everywhere?

We’re hoping that at some point recently you would have heard about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), otherwise, known as Two Factor Authentication (2FA). Most of you would likely already be using some cloud service(s) which force you to enable this or have already set it up for many of your accounts. Read on as to why it’s important and to find our helpful guide!

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Myth Busted: Mac's Don't Get Viruses

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A common IT myth that we like busting, is that "Macs don't get viruses."

Now the term "virus" is not used as often these days. Malware is the preferred umbrella term, simply because there are more threats than just viruses. Adware, ransomware, spyware, potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), to name a few.

In 2019 Macs saw an average of 11 threats per endpoint, to 5.8 threats for Windows machines, meaning threats for Macs per endpoint outnumbered Windows computers by 2 to 1. This is up 400 per cent from 2018.

The majority of Mac threats reported are Adware or PUPs, which are less harmful than say a ransomware attack, however, they are threats nonetheless, and adware is also the biggest threat to Windows computers.

With the increase of Mac users, it's no surprise that there is an increase in the number of threats.

So, Mac users, if you don't already have an antivirus, or better still, a complete security suite, please get one!

Credit: Techspot