Elevate It Systems

04/09/2017

Virus Alert!!

If you receive an email with this subject:

"Invoice INV-00044 from Property Lagoon Limited for Gleneagles Equestrian Centre"

Delete it immediately. Do not attempt to open it.

Please do not open any attachment with a .vbs extension.

28/08/2017

Ransomware Alert:

https://www.mysonicwall.com/sonicalert/searchresults.aspx?ev=article&id=1072

This week, the SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research team has received reports of yet another ransomware being distributed via spam. The email purports to be a message with a sense of urgency and importance that comes with a document attached but in fact contains a Windows Script file (.wsf) wi...

23/08/2017

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15/08/2017

PoPI is coming (The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act)

PoPI will require South African institutions to conduct themselves in a responsible manner when collecting, processing, storing and sharing another entity's personal information by holding them accountable should they abuse or compromise your personal information in any way.

We can assist with implementing a PoPI Policy for your business - [email protected]

14/08/2017

New Ransomware Virus detected:

The SonicWall Threats Research team observed reports of a new variant family of NewShell Ransomware [GAV: NewShell.RSM] actively spreading in the wild. NewShell encrypts the victims files with a strong encryption algori...

13/08/2017

Here are some tips to help avoid a Ransomware Infection:

Guest Post By Kevin Haley, director, Symantec Security Response I despise all forms of bullying.Perhaps the one I hate most of all is where the bully takes a personal item, snatching it from you,...

09/08/2017

We can assist businesses migrate their data to secure cloud solutions, contact us today to discuss the amazing Outlook365 email solutions from Microsoft and various solutions to get your critical company data into cloud backups - [email protected]

07/08/2017

Ransomware Alert!!!

A brand new Ransomware Virus is doing rounds at the moment, please be cautious, don't open any strange email attachments or click on any web links in suspicious emails. Remember to always check the source email address of the sender, the email may look legitimate but the source email address may look suspicious. For example, you may receive an email from a bank, the email body may look authentic but if you look at the senders email address, it may contain Gmail or Hotmail, this is a sure sign that this email is not legitimate.

https://www.mysonicwall.com/sonicalert/searchresults.aspx?ev=article&id=1067

07/08/2017

Ransomware Threats set to increase

https://betanews.com/2017/01/04/ransomware-increase-2017

Ransomware has been one of the major threats faced by both businesses and individuals in 2016 and many security analysts don’t see it going away any time soon. Threat intelligence specialist …