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Consider IT becomes CREST member
Consider IT becomes CREST member Consider IT is proud to announce that we are now a member of CREST following an extensive and rigorous assessment ...
Government makes CC/BCC e-mail blunder
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, who are responsible for data protection laws, have made an “IT 101” basic blunder when sendin...
New critical WinRAR vulnerability
WinRAR has a critical security vulnerability that’s older than your children. If you’ve been using the internet over the past 19 years, chances are...
2019 Cybersecurity Predictions – From an IT Support Company’s perspective
You’ll have probably read the Forbes 2019 predictions, or the Symantec predictions, or the Malwarebytes, or Webroot, or FireEye… but which ones are...
Remote Control Our Christmas Lights!
It’s back and bigger than before! Jump onto our dedicated page to control our office Christmas lights remotely from the comfort of your seat! We’ve...
Explosive new “bomb in the building” email scam
Over the past 48 hours Consider IT have seen numerous reports of a new scam demanding cryptocurrency. Unlike some similar scams which tend to focus...
New Apple MacBook physically disconnects microphone when lid is closed
The latest Apple MacBooks feature a new T2 security chip that physically disconnects the laptop’s built-in microphone whenever the lid has been clo...
Dixons Carphone admits huge data breach just months after receiving one of the largest fines for previous cyber-attack
Dixons Carphone said today that it had suffered a massive data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. Th...
BCC is really difficult…
Ghostery, UK councils, and vitamin sellers all falling foul of GDPR, by sending list of e-mail contacts in CC rather than BCC. Ghostery have publis...
