Hey there and welcome back to TechScoop proudly brought to you by Techware. Today I want to discuss an incredibly important issue, passwords and password managers. Now I know that you’ve heard about passwords and their importance before, but I want to lay it out in a different way to demonstrate.

Passwords are the keys to our online kingdoms. What happens if someone else gains access to these keys? Your IT Security, online Security and in some cases personal security is instantly jeopardised. For the amount of importance a password represents, the fact is that people don’t dedicate nearly enough time to creating secure, unique and […]

The Federal Government has confirmed that eight Australian Small Businesses have been hit bya huge Malware attack orchestrated globally on the weekend. Whilst the Prime Minister’s Cybersecurity Advisor has warned that the “game is not over” between hackers and cybersecurity companies.

Just think for a moment of a hacker breaking into someone’s account. Did your mind instantly go to a place where someone is sitting behind a computer in a dark, smoke-filled room bashing away on a keyboard to gain access to your files? Traditionally you’d be right but lately.

Australia Post has an interesting way of assessing their internal IT Security – internal phishing campaigns. These campaigns are designed to test staff and their awareness of Security issues; as well as the steps that they would take when they think they spot a nefarious email.

It’s a crazy world for security fears at the moment.

Scam emails that claim to come from reputable organisations are being sent to harvest personal details or to infect your computer with malicious software such as ransomware. Based on previous experience, email-based scams are likely to increase during holiday seasons.

So you’re wondering how the banks secure your money? You probably already know the answer although you might not be aware of what it’s called, or how it works.