Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is the latest version of Google’s popular web analytics platform.
It represents a significant shift in how user data is collected and processed, and one of the key changes is how it handles cookies.
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Protect users and your data by using a secure web host
There’s one key piece of advice we all keep giving users and it simply isn’t working. It’s time IT teams took matters into their own hands rather than leaving it to staff.
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AI providing both challenges and opportunities for cyber security
It’s clear that the age of AI is upon us. ChatGPT, Bing and Google are all developing AI systems that can mimic areas of human behaviour.
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Hackers selling corporate network access for cash
If a single hacker, or hacker group, running amok in your network isn’t bad enough, how about the idea of them selling access to others too?
That’s apparently what’s happening on the dark web.
A recent report from Israeli cyber-intelligence firm KELA has outlined the fact Initial Access Brokers (IABs) are selling access to 576 corporate networks for a total of $4 million.
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Tackling the rise in supply chain cyber attacks
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ has issued new guidance to help businesses manage the cyber security of supply chains.
Authorities are taking the threat so seriously, they have made the prevention a priority. We all should make it a priority too.
Only 13% of businesses actively review risks presented by suppliers. That’s a tiny number for what is a huge and complex web of suppliers and consumers in the UK.
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Fake Windows update scams targeting companies
We have seen a number of Windows update scams over the years, but according to McAfee, they are on the rise. The latest attack type is smarter and more effective than ever.
If you manage Windows machines, this is definitely something to watch out for!
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How cloud services balance productivity and security
The modern business environment is one of competing priorities. The business needs to make information accessible to help productivity. IT teams and security admins need to lock down information to prevent it being lost or hacked.
Both are viable priorities.
Information is essential for a business to run. We have to share information to be able to function and that will typically involve sharing, making copies and sending outside the business to clients.
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Cost of living scams on the increase and set to get worse
High Street banks and Citizens Advice are calling for people to be aware of a range of scams.
Scams include phishing emails supposedly from energy companies or Ofgem, WhatsApp messages from relatives who need help paying for a new phone, emails from the Department of Work and Pensions telling you to apply for cost of living payments and others.
As always when things get tough, scammers seek to benefit from it.
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Playing our part in the shared responsibility model
Part of the benefit of using cloud solutions is being able to place responsibility onto the provider rather than having to shoulder the burden yourself.
We would like you to know that Cloud Heroes takes its part in that very seriously and are a provider you can trust.
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Hackers circumventing two-factor authentication – Here’s how
2FA is seen as an extra layer of security to help boost that of usernames and passwords.
It is used across enterprise to help protect platforms from Office 365 to online HR systems or data storage.
But it isn’t quite as infallible as we think.
If you run or manage a network that uses two-factor authentication, you need to be extra vigilant.
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