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A leaked bulletin from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned that, in light of the situation on Ukraine’s border, destructive cyber-attacks from Russia-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) actors look likely to be launched soon. The Russian state is thought to have been behind a massive cyber-attack that targeted 70 Ukrainian government websites, … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Businesses Warned To Prepare For Threats From Russia →

If you’d like an easy way to get a text transcript of your YouTube videos, try using YouTube’s built-in transcript tool, here’s how: – Log in to YouTube and go to YouTube Studio. – Select Subtitles from the sidebar (left). – Select a video, choose the language, and click on ‘Confirm’. – To edit the … Continue reading Tech Tip – An Easy Way To Transcribe Your YouTube Videos →

With some climate commentators suggesting that current action and targets to reduce global warming may not be enough, we look at how Direct Air Capture Technology (DAC) could help. The Challenges The world’s governments have set targets to reduce the amount of CO2 produced by human activities in order to at least slow and, hopefully, make … Continue reading Sustainability : Removing CO2 Via Direct Air Capture Technology →

The UK government has just announced the launch of its ‘Help to Grow’ digital scheme which offers discounted software and free advice to small businesses. Applications Open Now The Help to Grow scheme is designed to support smaller businesses in adopting digital technologies to help them to grow. Applications for the scheme opened on 20 … Continue reading Tech News : UK Government ‘Help to Grow’ Scheme : Software And Free Business Advice →

Google has announced in an email that users with legacy (old) free G Suite accounts have until 1 July to upgrade to paid subscriptions or lose access to most services. Ten Years Free Google has said that legacy G Suite users i.e., those who have been able to use their custom domain accounts for free … Continue reading Tech News : Google Gives Upgrade Deadline For Legacy G Suite Accounts →

In this tech insight, we look at what a watering hole attack is, some examples of such attacks, and how businesses can defend against this threat. Poisoning The Water A watering hole attack is a targeted, ‘supply chain,’ cyber-attack strategy, similar to spear phishing. With this strategy, the attacker identifies a website that’s frequented by … Continue reading Tech Insight : What Is A ‘Watering Hole’ Attack? →

In this article, we look at how spam filers work and what can be done to ensure that our legitimate emails reach their target and aren’t wrongly filtered out as ‘spam’ . Why We Need Spam Filters Although we’re focusing on how to avoid spam filters, it’s worth noting how important they are to businesses. … Continue reading Featured Article: How To Stop Your Emails From Ending Up In Spam Filters →

It has been reported that 40 themes and 53 plugins belonging to AccessPress Themes, a Nepal-based company were backdoored with malicious code in the first half of September 2021. It is believed that the infected extensions gave attackers full access to sites, and that access also appears to have been sold to operators of spam … Continue reading Security Stop Press : Backdoors Discovered In Dozens Of WordPress Themes And Plugins →

Here are 3 tips/tricks for Google Chrome to help with queries and searches that can be typed directly into the address bar (also known as the Onnibox): Find websites that are similar – For example, type related:bbc.co.uk – This will deliver results showing similar (media) websites. – The same type of search can be carried … Continue reading Tech Tip – 3 Helpful Chrome Tricks →

The latest Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) report shows that new EV registrations almost doubled in 2021. Bad Year Generally For New Car Registrations The effects of the pandemic and the semiconductor shortage continued to have an affect on car purchases in 2021 as new car registrations only rose by 1 per cent to 1,647,181. … Continue reading Sustainability : New Electric Vehicle Registrations Almost Doubled In 2021 →