Most businesses don’t think about their domain name until the website or email stops working. If your domain was registered years ago by a web designer, a former staff member or an old IT provider, the account it sits in may still use their email address, phone number or credit card. You could be paying…
The email comes from the company that runs your payroll, your accounting software or your customer database. It says there’s been a security incident, the investigation is under way, and they’ll be in touch with updates. Then it stops. It doesn’t say whether your business was affected, what information was involved, or whether you need…
Changing the password is step one. Here’s what else to check after a business email account is hacked: sessions, forwarding rules, apps and sign-ins.
Shared logins hide who did what, slow down offboarding and spread one password across the team. Here’s what Northern Beaches businesses can use instead.
Your team arrives at work, but the files won’t open. Orders are waiting and customers are calling. What happens next? It doesn’t take a cyberattack to stop work. Failed equipment, a power problem or damage to your office can do it too. A disaster recovery plan explains how you’ll get your systems and information back….
A practical guide to individual drafts, shared team files and keeping access clear when staff change.
AI note-takers are useful. They can turn a 45-minute meeting into a clean summary, pull out actions and save someone from typing minutes. They also create a complete record of what was said. That second part deserves more attention than it usually gets. A meeting may include client details, pricing, staff issues, health information, legal…
QR codes feel ordinary now. People use them for parking, menus, payments, event check-ins and shared documents. That familiarity is exactly why criminals use them. A QR code can hide a link to a fake Microsoft 365 sign-in page, payment form or malware download. Because the link is stored in an image rather than displayed…
A scammer does not need to hack your mailbox to send an email that appears to come from your business. They can put your domain in the visible From address, copy your logo and ask a client to pay a fake invoice or change bank details. If the receiving mail system cannot verify the sender,…
When a cyber incident hits, the first hour is not the time to improvise. A staff member may see a ransom note, lose access to email, notice strange bank-detail changes or receive an alert about a login they did not make. The natural reaction is to click around, delete suspicious messages, restart devices and email…