As Windows 7 disappears into the sunset (best operating system yet). Microsoft decided that with Windows 10 it would change its VPN client.

Lets just get this out of the way though, the Windows 7 VPN client wasn't broken so I'm not sure why they decided to fix it. The i...

Corona Virus Manchester 2020 Simple Steps To Help Make Your Business More Resilient

The Corona Virus has arrived in Greater Manchester and for the foreseeable future isn’t going away anytime soon. The fact is, sometime soon the Corona Virus will have a negative impact o...

Recently our old mail filtering product Maxfocus that we sold & managed for our portfolio of clients came to the end of its service.

We had to look for a new email antispam filtering & security service that was the best  for both our clients and for us to manage and tro...

Faceless gangs of criminals from all over the world may already have you in their sights. Organised criminals are now turning to cyber-crime as they shift from their traditional criminal activities.

By operating outside a country's jurisdiction, higher monetar...

After migrating to the latest version of Microsoft Exchange 2016 with Giacom (Messagestream) and even though your outlook connects correctly, your iphone may not pick up the details automatically, which may also affect losing all your named contacts. Once you have dele...

After installing Remote Desktop Services recently for a client we found the portal wouldn't start correctly and we were presented with error 500.19. The solution was to do the following courtesy of https://forums.iis.net/t/1149768.aspx 

-> Take IIS backup.
-> Open IIS
-...

27 arrested in successful hit against ATM Black Box attacks

The efforts of a number of EU Member States and Norway, supported by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT), culminated in the arrest of 27 individuals link...

A great start to the week. Two new Cisco Meraki equipment installations going ahead as we upgrade business networks  to 100% centralized cloud management for security, networking, and application control. We have a 30/100 leased line ordered and a couple of FTTC connec...

WannaCry has this week caused havoc this weekend with at least 185,000 machines and rising in 100+ countries. Find out how Bitdefender is always on guard to protect your business.

The most important point here is that you need to take a proactive approach to your security. Educate your users to not open any suspicious emails or attachments. Never click on links within emails. Be vigilant and never get complacent. The fraudsters  are constantly w...