Today is Safer Internet Day, a global event to raise awareness about online safety and encourage people to help create a better internet. At CyberGuru we have dedicated many blogs on how businesses can stay safe online so to celebrate Safer Internet Day we’ve decided to talk about keeping families safe online. In giving our […]
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Recent research has found 80% of people fail to meet their New Year’s resolutions, with most quitting by 19 January. So now that you’ve got those out of the way, let’s talk about some resolutions for this year you could realistically achieve. Here are five new year’s resolutions for your computer systems: Multi-factor authentication In […]
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Dec
Dec
With only three weeks until Christmas, Santa might be stuck for ideas on what to get you or your family! Thankfully, CyberGuru has helped Santa on many occasions by advising and recommending a range of computer products and services to suit your needs and budget and is available to do so again this year. At […]
We often hear of various reports of scammers calling the seniors and elderly purporting to be from their telephone company, particularly Telstra, however, unfortunately, one of our clients’ parents were recently scammed by phone calls from who reported to be from the National Broadband Network (nbn). CyberGuru spoke about nbn scams at last Senior Safety […]
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Oct
Oct
CyberGuru is proud to be a supporting partner of Stay Smart Online Week, a national awareness week to empower people, businesses and the community to protect themselves online. As per last year, the ‘Reverse the Threat’ campaign is designed to mobilise a movement against cybercrime with our partners and the wider community. This is the […]
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Sep
Sep
When setting up a new computer, a question often arises by clients as to whether they should set it up for “personal use” or “for an organisation”. The question comes down to how which accounts you have a “work or school” or a “personal” account. By setting it up for your personal use, you will […]
Recently a family member lost their mobile phone. Unfortunately, some of the important settings on the phone were not configured, and as a result the phone could not be found. As a lesson from this exercise, we have developed these tips on how to protect the data on your mobile device from being lost or […]
With the end of the financial year not too far away, you may be considering how best to minimise your tax whilst maximising the investment in your business. It may have been a while since you have investing in your business, and whilst the $30,000 instant tax right-off legislation passed, it’s worth getting in whilst […]
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May
May
In this month’s Ask CyberGuru, we are asked, “I am running Windows 7 and I have received a notification that Microsoft is ending updates and technical support for it. Is this legitimate and do I need to do this?”. Yes, this is a legitimate notification which has been delivered as part of Windows Update recently. […]
Recently CyberGuru’s Chief Guru, Chris Jeffery, was interviewed by internet security software, ESET, about our thoughts on protecting work emails. Please see the resulting article below. As always, if you would like assistance with anything discussed in this article, please feel free to contact us. Over 30% of cyber security breaches are caused by human […]