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In the 21st century, social media is a big part of people’s lives. From sharing photos to job applications to establishing relationships and communicating personal and professional information. Platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp are big aspects of modern culture. However, how many people have considered what happens to their social media accounts when they die? The thought can be...

2017 has been quite a year for cyber-attacks, including: Equifax: A breach that led to the theft of personal information for hundreds of millions of US citizens. Shadow Brokers: A hacking group that sold Windows exploits they allegedly stole from the NSA. Google Docs: A sophisticated phishing scam that tried to compromise victims’ email accounts. WannaCry: A ransomware attack that...

by Check Point Research Team posted 2017/12/21 A Zero-Day vulnerability in the Huawei home router HG532 has been discovered and hundreds of thousands of attempts to exploit it have already been found in the wild. The delivered payload has been identified as OKIRU/SATORI which is an updated variant of Mirai. The suspected threat actor behind the attack is an amateur nicknamed...

Depending on the type of business you have, there are different types of servers to cater to your business requirements. There are different types of servers to consider including a managed application server, catering for web applications; as well as a managed file server, offering shared storage of computer files, like documents, images, databases and graphics. Managed Application Server In...

With the access to the internet becoming increasingly necessary for companies to build connections and drive business, it is becoming more urgent to ensure that we protect our data and access to files from prying eyes. Security has become a necessity in the information age and firewalls are doing their best to protect us from malicious hackers and intruders. What...

In our previous instalment, we shared what managed servers are and why you should care?. Today we’re going to be discussing some of the key benefits of managed servers for your business. Recap: What are managed servers? A managed server is where server administration tasks are handled by a hosting provider. This means you have a team dedicated to monitoring...

With many companies offering a variety of managed and self-managed servers, it’s hard to know what your business needs to ensure that it performs at an optimal level. Questions regarding managed file servers and managed application servers often go unanswered. Habitually, the business will go with the cheaper option, the self-managed option. But as a result, operational costs are skyrocketed...

Many people and businesses store and share their data on external devices, or across a handful of PCs. Accessing and sharing of the information will eventually become impractical. While it may seem practical and cost effective, it poses a great risk to your private and sensitive information should these devices crash or end up in the wrong hands. For businesses,...

The need for offsite backup is evident, and even more so as technology advances and the requirement for securing and backing up data is becoming a basic necessity. Numerous articles have been written on the subject and we too have added our token of wisdom. In this post, we are going to dissect what offsite backup is and convey the...

Information Technology is an industry that plays a big part in every advancement in the modern age. As the world becomes more digitally sound, reliance on the IT industry increases, creating more opportunities, more career choices, more innovations and more options to connect. Every day, many pioneering women continue to prove that they can be just as versatile and skilled...

The term “data leak” for the most part, has meant relatively little to the average South African. Despite the growing technological advancements in some South African cities, most of the country is still trying to catch up to the digital age. It is for this reason that the country was shocked when Security Consultant, Troy Hunt revealed that 30 million...

South Africa’s digital presence is fast becoming one of the most influential in not only the continent, but the world. With all the social, economic and political benefits that can be realised by utilising technology, it’s important to know which individuals/organisations are leading the charge to make SA the high-tech powerhouse that it needs to be. We here at Techtron...