March 2021 – Hackers Breach Thousands of Microsoft Customers Around the World Firstly the good news. If you are a client of the IT Guys (WA) or Hydrid ICT and we provide you with email support services, then you...
Doing these 5 things makes running a small or micro-business a lot easier. 1. Get a 2nd computer or iPad with your emails and business documents on it, and stop stressing out when your main one breaks down!! Once...
You are advised to check you have strong and different passwords for all of your online accounts, following continued reporting that billions of people have had their logins and passwords exposed online. Weak passwords uncovered in large data breach...
A real account of recent incidents experienced by a Medical practice known to us in Perth, Western Australia (November 2016.) The IT Guys, had provided ad-hoc services to a small doctors surgery in Perth's Western Suburbs consisting of a server and 5 PC's. Although...
A real account of a recent incident experienced by a Bakery known to us in the Perth, Western Australia (December 2015.) A local baker using a single PC to run his business came to us with a failed HDD on his laptop. He...
A real account of a recent incident experienced by an private organisation known to us in the Perth, Western Australia (December 2016) infected with FileCryptor Ransomware. An employee of a private organisation in Perth received a dubious email disguised as an invoice. The email...
A real account of a recent incident experienced by a 24/7 Supermarket known to us in Perth, Western Australia (January 2017) with multiple virus infections. The IT Guys manage and monitor the Anti-Virus software of a 24/7 Supermarket through AVG Cloudcare. Unfortunately, they have...
It is vitally important to ensure your Apple Computers and Apple devices are updated with the latest Operating Systems (OS) This ensures they are patched against hacking and are compatible with iCloud, iPhone, iPad, iWatch etc. For Apple...