In today's digital age, cyber security is of utmost importance. With constant threats lurking on every webpage, in every inbox and across the ever widening digital landscape, everyone needs to develop a level of cyber security awareness to keep them safe....

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Vishing: what is it and how to protect yourself
Vishing, also known as “voice phishing” or “phone phishing”, is a type of social engineering scam where an attacker uses a phone call or voice message to trick their victim into divulging sensitive information or performing an action that can harm them or their...
Identifying a spam email vs. a phishing email
In today's world of digital communication, emails have become an essential part of our everyday lives. Whether personal or professional, these emails contain important information that needs to be protected from spammers and scammers. However, given the increasing...
How to protect your employees from shoulder surfing
Shoulder surfing sounds a bit odd. Funny almost. But unfortunately for us all, it's not a joke. Shoulder surfing is a form of visual hacking, where a malicious individual secretly observes the activities of someone else on their computer, mobile phone or other...
How Artificial Intelligence is leaving us more vulnerable to cyber-attacks
The introduction of AI into our daily lives has been talked about for years, but with the launch of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence over the last twelve months, it’s become less of a ‘what if’ and more of a reality. It’s hard to browse any tech news...
How to establish a successful learning culture within your organisation
A “learning culture” is a term that is thrown about a lot these days, often without people fully understanding what it means. Firstly, before you grasp what a learning culture is – and a good one at that – you need to understand what a learning culture is and why you...
What are the benefits of using phishing simulations?
Phishing is the most common type of cyber-attack, with an estimated 3.4 billion phishing emails sent every day. Based on that, you’re guaranteed to come across a phishing email almost every day of your life and so you need to be prepared to identify and avoid these...
Smishing: what is it and how can you stay safe?
In the world of cyber security, smishing is one of those words you tend to look at and think it’s a typo. But as scammers get more and more advanced, so do their methods and, believe it or not, smishing is one of them. The word itself is a combination of SMS and...
The most common social engineering attacks and how to avoid them
Social engineering is a type of cyber-attack that deliberately targets the victim’s emotions. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information. These attacks often take place over several weeks or...
How to protect your organisation from cyber security threats in 2023
Cyber security is growing year on year as both a threat and an industry, with the need to protect yourself increasing too. There are hundreds of different ways a cybercriminal might try to attack you, your device, or your organisation, making the right protection a...