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14/08/2026

Think about everyone outside your company who still has a login to your systems: the web developer from two years ago, an old freelancer, the bookkeeper who left. A lot of those accounts are still active. List them, turn off what's not needed, and give each one its own login.

10/08/2026

If you open an email attachment that looks like an image and it asks you to log in, close it.

There's a phishing trick going around this year that hides inside picture files, and it gets past the filters most businesses rely on.

It uses a file type called SVG. It's an image format, but unlike a normal photo, it can carry code inside it.

Someone double-clicks the attachment expecting a picture. Instead it opens in their browser, runs, and sends them to a fake Microsoft login page built for their exact email.

The email system lets it through because, as far as it can tell, it's just an image. Researchers flagged a wave of these in early June.

A picture should never send you to a login screen. So if you open an attachment and it asks for your password, don't type it in.

And be careful with any image you weren't expecting, especially one ending in .svg.

People almost never send those on purpose.

Ask your IT provider to block SVG attachments. Hardly any business needs to receive them, so blocking them costs you nothing.

09/08/2026

When a hacker gets into your email, they often set up a hidden rule that forwards your invoices and payment emails to them. Even after you change the password, it keeps feeding them your mail. Check your inbox rules and forwarding settings. You won't spot it unless you look.

08/08/2026

Most of your team probably runs their computer as an admin, and they shouldn't. Any malware that lands on an admin account can install itself and switch off security tools. As a standard user, a lot of attacks just fail. Ask your IT who has admin rights and pull them back.

06/08/2026

Passkeys are replacing passwords, and they're ready to use now. Your device proves it's you with your fingerprint or face, so there's no password to phish or steal. Turn them on for your email and Microsoft/Google login first. Most break-ins still start with a stolen password.

05/08/2026

Your data is in the cloud, but are the doors locked?

Simple oversight leads to costly leaks.

No complex tools needed, just focus. Prevent data leaks easily.

https://youtu.be/jUWMPuXrBM8

Your data is in the cloud, but are the doors locked? Simple overs...

05/08/2026

Whoever controls your domain name controls your whole business.

Your domain is the address behind your website and your email. It sits in an account at whatever company you registered it with, like GoDaddy.

Anyone who can log into that account can point your website and email wherever they like.

At a lot of small businesses, nobody knows who has that login. It was set up years ago by a web guy who's long gone, or it's under one staff member's personal email with a password that hasn't changed since.

If someone gets into that account, they don't need to hack anything else.

They can send your website visitors to a fake page that still shows your real address.

They can take over your email and reset the passwords on everything tied to it.

They can send your clients an invoice from your real address, and your clients will pay it, because it came from you.

So go and check who controls the account, whether it's got two-factor login switched on, and whether the domain lock is turned on, which stops anyone moving your domain elsewhere.

While you're in there, set it to auto-renew so it can't expire.

03/08/2026

Your cyber insurance might not pay out. Insurers now require MFA, real endpoint protection, tested backups, and security training, and if you claimed to have them but didn't, they can deny the claim. Read your policy's conditions now, not after an attack.

02/08/2026

Anyone can send an email that looks like it's from your company. Three DNS records stop it: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. The catch is DMARC is often set to 'monitor only,' which watches spoofing happen without blocking it. Ask your IT provider: is ours set to reject, or just none?

25/07/2026

If you deleted a OneDrive file recently and went looking for it in your Recycle Bin… surprise, it's not there.

Starting in May 2026, files deleted from OneDrive or SharePoint in the cloud no longer appear in your local Recycle Bin or Trash.

They are removed directly from your device and can only be recovered from the OneDrive or SharePoint web‑based recycle bin.

1. Go to onedrive.com or your SharePoint site

2. Click "Recycle bin" in the left menu

3. Right-click the file and select "Restore"

You typically have 30 days before files move to the second‑stage recycle bin (which most people don’t know about), and up to 93 more days there, depending on your organization’s settings.

After about 123 days, they’re gone for good.