Why Businesses Should Move Data Backups To The Cloud

Early this year ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald and then a monsoonal trough passed over north-eastern Australia (Queensland and Northern NSW) causing massive damage to thousands of homes, businesses, roads, bridges and other essential infrastructure. Several people died in the tragic floods that resulted. Many homes and businesses were without power, water and sewage support for weeks[…]

The Criminal Hacker Fallacy

Why would a master criminal want to hack into your business when they could be making millions of dollars stealing credit card details from large businesses? A lot of business people think that they are safe from hackers because a hacker has nothing to gain from stealing their data or breaking into their system or[…]

Beware of ransomware attacks

Sydney business attacked by ransomware A small business in my neighbourhood was locked out of their network by hackers last week. The small business of 12 people was prevented from getting access to their own network unless it paid a $3000 ransom demand. The hackers had used a form of malware (malicious software) known as[…]