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Keeping your eyes on the horizon and your ear to the ground can be tricky to do all at once, so we're doing it for you. Check out the latest tech news and our own blogs below to keep up to speed with everything you need to know regarding your business IT, communications, and cyber security.
Counterfeit software could lead to malware on your machine without you knowing
Don’t be a victim of Counterfeit Software… As an IT Support company, our clients put their trust in us to source and supply various hardware and so...
Important Security Notice: Heartbleed
The Heartbleed Bug The Heartbleed Bug is a vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This is the software that almost 60...
8 April 2014: Windows XP Dead
Does the date 8th April 2014 mean anything to you? If you’re a business and care about the security of your IT equipment then it should. On the 8th...
Consider IT achieves ISO 9001
Edinburgh based IT Support company, Consider IT has achieved the internationally recognised ISO 9001 standard, establishing us as one of the leader...
Local Authority fined £80k for losing unencrypted USB stick
North East Lincolnshire Council has been fined a monetary penalty of £80,000 (eighty thousand pounds) for failing to encrypt a USB stick that conta...
Google Apps Service Disruption
At about 3:25pm yesterday (Monday 23rd September 2013), Google Apps suffered some service issues. Clients were noticing issues sending or receiving...
South Korea hit by cyber attack
A cyber alert was issued by South Korea after a hacking attack on government websites. Media sites and even the website of the presidential office ...
Glasgow City Council fined £150k for unencrypted laptops
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Glasgow City Council with a penalty of £150,000 following the loss of two unencrypted laptop...
Important Reminder: Support for Windows XP ends on 8th April 2014
The support for Windows XP with Service Pack 3 ends 8th April 2014. If you’re running Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) after support ends, to e...
