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Business Showcase : Cyber Risk Aware

Simon CockingFebruary 17, 2017

By @SimonCocking Describe the company – the elevator pitch ... Cyber Risk Aware helps companies create a human firewall and last line of defence against c...

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Lightning talks – The striking impact of social media by Netherlands Embassy in Ireland

Simon CockingFebruary 7, 2017

Are officials polls more accurate than the polls of Maurice de Hond? Come and join us on Wednesday the 15th of February from 6pm for what promises to be a li...

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Social Engineering: Exploiting the Weak Links in an Organisation

Simon CockingJanuary 4, 2017

Great guest post by Gerard Joyce CTO of LinkResQ, makers of the Risk Management Information System solution CalQRisk who were on the long list for the Irish Tech News 2016 Fintech 20 Ireland awards. https://twitter.com/CalQRisk/status/810807062636...

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Irish shoppers warned to stay vigilant on Black Friday and Cyber Monday as online fraud soars by 54%—Dell EMC

JohnNovember 23, 2016

Irish shoppers have been warned to stay vigilant ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday as online fraud soars. According to Dell EMC and RSA in Q3 2016, ‘phi...

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Snapchat Employee Payroll Data Leaked In Isolated Phishing Scam

Mark DaltonMarch 1, 2016

By @TheMarkDalton Snapchat is famous for its disappearing messages, falling for isolated phishing scams is something that nobody wants to be famous for. Espe...

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83% of People Use the Same Password for More than One Account Online

JohnJanuary 28, 2016

With Data Privacy Day upon us TopMail, a secure email provider who we've featured in our Business Showcase previously, conducted a survey regarding online security. They released results of a new survey, that found 83% of people use the same password...

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Beware Of ‘Dislike Button’ Scams On Facebook

Mark DaltonSeptember 23, 2015

You have more than likely heard that Facebook is working on a "dislike" or an "empathise" button at the moment and that testing will start soon on a select grou...

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Is Africa being used as testing bed for spear phishing attacks?

Ronan LeonardAugust 28, 2015

When something is popular in one country or continent it tends to spread to other countries and continents. This is true in all walks of life especially when it...

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Personal Internet Security Infographoc

Ronan LeonardAugust 27, 2015

Security for Internet users has become very important and is becoming even more relevant today as the amount of phishing scams etc continues to rise. I.T. Solutions company ERS Ltd have created the infogrpahic below which shows you can be more secure...

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