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Desk of Doom
Welcome to the frontline of cyber resilience. Population: you. Weapon of choice: a clean desk.
AI & Cyber Security: The New Dream Team
A very quick and simplistic overview of AI in Cyber Security.Think of AI in cyber security like a sniffer dog at the airport, it doesn’t replace the security staff, but it spots the dodgy suitcase a mile away.Instead of sifting through mountains of boring logs and alerts, AI keeps an eye out for the weird […]
Day 7: AI Scams, the Final Word
In the world of AI scams, curiosity and caution aren’t weaknesses, they’re your competitive edge.
Day 6: Fools Gold, AI Investment Scams
AI-driven investment scams are the modern fool’s gold. They shine bright, they look convincing, and they’re designed to lure in busy owners chasing growth.
Day 5: AI Chatty Scammers
With AI, criminals have become far more patient and polished. Welcome to conversational phishing, where scammers don’t just send one email, they hold an entire dialogue with your staff.
Day 4: Phishing 2.0: AI Scam Emails Look Better Than the Real Thing
Remember when scam emails were easy to spot? Dodgy grammar, random capital letters, and a promise of millions from a “Prince” who just needed your bank details? Sadly, those days are gone.
Day 3: AI-Powered Social Media Bots
In 2023, a group of London restaurants suddenly got hit with dozens of “food poisoning” reviews in the same week. Different names, different writing styles, but eerily similar complaints.
Day 2: Deepfake Scams
A few years ago, deepfakes were the stuff of sci-fi thrillers or viral internet memes.
Day 1: AI-Powered Romance Scams
AI-Powered Romance Scams (and Their Impact on Staff) On the surface, romance scams sound like the kind of drama you’d expect to see on a late-night TV special rather than in your office. You picture lonely hearts chatting away online, sending flowers, maybe even writing bad poetry to someone who doesn’t exist. It feels like […]
AI-Powered Scams SMB’s
To help you stay one step ahead I will be looking at the most common and some not so common AI-driven scams SMBs should have on their radar in 2025 and how they could affect your business.
Implement secure backup practices (Part 1)
Backups: Your Cyber Safety NetBackups are like the spare parachute you hope you’ll never need, but you’ll be glad it’s there. Encrypt them so no one snoops, store copies offsite (cloud or otherwise), and actually test the recovery, because an untested backup is just wishful thinking. Use versioning too, so one bad file doesn’t wipe […]
Follow secure server practices.
Fortify the Fortress I’m no hardware guru, but I know this much, servers are your castle walls, and weak ones let the trolls in. Keep the operating system patched, switch off any services you don’t use, and lock the gates with strict access controls. Always speak the language of secure protocols, and keep an eye […]
Use secure communication channels.
Keep Your Secrets, Secret Think of emails, chats, and file transfers as postcards, you wouldn’t want everyone reading them on the way. That’s why end-to-end encryption is your invisible envelope. Stick to trusted platforms, and never spill secrets over dodgy public Wi-Fi (it’s like shouting your PIN across the pub). For SMBs, secure comms protect […]
Cyber August 2025: The UK’s Month in Digital Mayhem
August was no quiet summer holiday for the UK cyber-scene. Investors are also rewarding companies that take cyber seriously.
Adopt secure data encryption practices.
Encrypt everything, at rest, in transit, and during processing. Use strong algorithms like AES-256 and trusted libraries. Avoid DIY crypto. For SMBs, encryption protects customer trust, compliance, and business continuity. If data’s worth keeping, it’s worth locking down.