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We celebrate World Password Day every first Thursday of May. This special day aims to remind people to protect themselves online by using strong passwords. Avoid passwords like ‘12345678’ and ‘password’. Secure your social media pages and other online accounts by using passwords that are hard to guess.
Do you want to know how to reduce emails in the workplace? Emails can be both a blessing and a curse for businesses. They are an essential part to most jobs, and the amount of emails that we are receiving is growing day by day. Most people have no solution put in place to manage the influx of emails and stay on top of it. The average company that’s been around for a few years will be receiving anywhere between 250 to 500 emails a day. That’s for a small company of about five to eight users.
COVID for computers, it’s coming. It’s triple C. COVID for computers is coming, think about that. Where do our electronics come from? This is going to be a bit of a speculative episode more than anything else, but most of our electronics are made in China. We’ve already seen cases where there have been back doors and hack abilities where people are using automated doorbells, where you click on it and they can see your face. Hackers have been able to go in and spy on these children and the parents weren’t even aware there was some weirdo looking at them. Multiple devices that people take for granted on their home networks such as their smart TVs, smart fridges, smart door locks, smart anything on your network, even your smartphone is a way for you to get broken into.
I’m being serious, now, guys. I don’t normally have this tone when I’m doing a podcast, but we’re seeing so many IT companies that are just doing a poor job at setting up their remote workforces. There’s been a 41.5% increase in the amount of businesses that are now open to threats. That’s because they’ve been intentionally opened. Your business is like a box. If you have no light going into that box, nothing inside the box can spoil potentially. As soon as light starts going in, though, you can have bacteria and all sorts of things happen, and your business is exactly the same. Your business as a box, when you open up a door, you’re going to let all sorts of nasties come in. I’ll put a link in the description so you can see how much more, what they call RDP traffic, is out and around on the internet, which is a protocol that can be broken into.
The virtual world is filled with security threats that can affect the computer systems of businesses in Australia. Every year, these threats cost the country’s economy more than $1 billion. To avoid significant financial losses due to cybercrime, your company should invest in meeting small business security requirements. These include using antivirus software and email security programs.
A report has shown that cybercriminals lean towards quieter attacks, targeting small businesses, but cyber attacks increased by 59% for 2018. And by the end of 2018, the number of attacks peaked at 80 per day, with an average of 62 for the whole year. These cyber-attacks damage businesses in many ways and many are unable to recover from the financial and reputational impact of a breach. To protect your company from the damaging effects of a cyberattack, it is essential to take small business security seriously.
As business owners in Australia are becoming more aware of surging cyber threats that could harm their organizations, customizing an information security policy now has a much larger role in their operations. While Aussies that run their own business benefit from taking such precautionary actions, some still lack the proper guidance in terms of establishing an effective policy that would ensure 100% protection from cyberattacks.
Because of hackers, the Australian economy loses thousands of dollars annually on recovery costs alone. The number of offshore website security attacks significantly increased since 2005 because of the country’s high use of technology for social media, online government services, and banking. Your business could be next.
Is your smartphone listening to you? The short answer is, yes, it is. How creepy is that? If you’ve got Facebook Messenger or any of the big apps on there, you’re going to find that your phone is actually listening to you. You might be thinking, ‘Why? How did they know that I was looking to buy new tyres?’ The reason is they saw you make that call to Goodyear, Beaurepaires or Bob Jane, whoever it was, and then whoever had the highest bid on any of the different networks that are advertising to you, be it Facebook or Google, has then said, ‘Oh, they’ve got the highest bid. Let’s shoot them across even if they’re a competitor.’
Cybercrimes are everywhere, and even if you are in Australia, you are not safe from them. They can come in a variety of forms: phishing, hacking, identity theft, and more. Moreover, attackers tend to be more interested in targeting small businesses that they assume have no strong identity and access management (IAM) strategy in place. This is why it is essential for businesses, no matter how big or small, to adopt a security and IT management process.
Australian companies have become more exposed to online threats, especially phishing and malware. You might think that having a routine IT audit already protects your business from cyberattacks, but the way IT audit is done has a great effect on the results. Senior members and company executives’ perception of IT security policies also affect the efficiency of audits. You simply can’t expect low-level employees to follow protocols if leaders don’t comply with rules.
If you have read some of the most recent IT security news, whether in Australia or in any other parts of the world, you might have seen the number of data breach occurrences during the first half of 2019 alone. In fact, from January to July of this year, there has been a total of 1.6 billion records compromised due to the lack of proper IT security protocols. That’s a daily average of 7.6 million records in a span of 7 months
Nowadays, businesses in Australia are more at risk of experiencing security breaches than ever before. With the numerous cyberattacks that occurred during the first half of 2019, there is no denying that the need for stricter security protocols is high. While you might feel safe, you should know that cybercriminals do not discriminate. No matter how big or small your business is, if they can find a way to use your information to earn money, they will do it, no matter how illegal or unethical it may be. This is why acquiring cyber insurance and complying with its terms is a must for every business.
Australia was not spared from the recent internet scams that have been happening globally. Known as the ‘Investment’, ‘Agent Smith’ and ‘Intimate Images’ scams, they can take advantage of your financial status and even steal your identity. You can get to know more about these scams, how they work and how you can protect yourself from scammers.
Information security in Aussie businesses is taking a larger role in their day-to-day operations. As more and more of these businesses emerge and lean toward cloud systems, business owners are slowly realising that cyber attacks should be taken seriously. When the number of data breaches went up in the last few years, affecting even major multinational companies, Australian SMBs have learnt to instil a data security mindset in their organisations. However, cybercriminals are getting stronger and smarter. Sooner or later, these companies will become vulnerable to cyber attacks if they become complacent or if their information security process becomes outdated. To avoid such incidents as much as possible, certain measures can be taken to ensure your business and its data are well-protected.
Australia is not an exemption to the 20,000 times and still growing worldwide downloads of the WordPress plugin called WooCommerce Abandoned Cart Lite. While WordPress quickly began to take the lead, leaving its competitors Drupal and Joomla, its plugin comes with an advantage and a disadvantage. As a plus, default functions go beyond its capabilities. However, it can pose risks to website security if not properly checked. It’s useful but weak on cross-site scripting attempts.
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