Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Brute Force Ransomware Attacks are on the Increase: A Strong Password Policy is your Best Defence Recent research by leading cybersecurity firms such as SonicWall, McAfee and F-Secure has found that brute force attacks are now the preferred means of spreading ransomware however, phishing emails remain
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Just over a year ago we published an article looking at how email is the number one threat vector and unfortunately this hasn’t changed. According to Danny Palmer of ZDNet, 99% of email attacks rely on the victims clicking on links. A very small number of attacks
Back in 2004 our journey began when PCtechnix was founded by Eamon Gallagher. We primarily operated as a break/fix IT Support Company, for clients in the Dublin region. From the very start we understood that if we wanted to be successful then we had to work hard to ensure that our clients IT was
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Sextortion Email Scam Sextortion email scams have been doing the rounds for a couple of years now. Lately however, we’ve noticed an increase in the frequency of the attacks here in Ireland and several of our clients have contacted us seeking advise on how to deal
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin No matter where you go online, you can expect the scammers to be waiting to try and take advantage of you. Most of us are used to seeing scams pop up in our inboxes on a daily basis. By now you know the drill, if in
This is a re-post from our partners at Blacknight and concerns anyone who still uses a BT email account. Transferring Legacy Email Accounts from BT Ireland to Blacknight Originally these email accounts were provided as part of dial-up subscriptions or as free webmail accounts, by BT and by other companies which were acquired by BT.
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest What is SIM Card Swap Scam? This isn’t a new type of fraud but up until recently it hasn’t been reported in Ireland. SIM Card Swap Scam is when criminals dupe a mobile service provider into assigning a mobile number to a new sim. The legitimate
IT.ie would like to advise our clients to be on the lookout for a new email scam that's doing the rounds at the moment. If you receive an email from DNS Ireland, you should simply ignore or right click and block the sender. This is an example of the email that is typically received. We
Avoid Malicious Spam and have a very Merry Christmas Days Hours Minutes Seconds Christmas is a particularly prevalent time for malicious spam messages. In addition to the regular email phishing, phones are also targeted through SMS Phising (smishing) and malicious links embedded in popular messaging apps. Another popular attack vector with cyber criminals is
