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Emails, emails, emails. Apparently the average office worker sends about 40 emails daily and receives approximately 121 emails, though this number can vary widely based on role and industry. For example, office-based roles typically involve more email traffic compared to fieldwork roles. And I imagine that number might not even include the number of unsolicited emails we get each day. Emails take up a lot of our time and a lot of our mental bandwidth as we make our way through them. As a ma...

What is Phishing? Phishing is a social engineering technique to acquire data, such as bank account details, login credentials or credit card numbers.  It occurs when an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, an instant message, or a text message. How to recognise Phishing If scammers get that information, they could get access to your email, bank, or other accounts.  They could sell your information to other scammers. Scammers launch t...

Show it, say it, send it! Faster than typing an email? In today's fast-paced business world, effective communication is essential for streamlined operations. As technology evolves, video messaging has emerged as a powerful tool to replace traditional text-based messages. In this blog, we explore the reasons behind the shift towards video messaging and introduce some popular apps, as well as the convenience of using your phone to record and send video messages. The Rise of Video Messagin...

Mailguard is a world leader in email security, and the email security solution we use and recommend at Loyal I.T. Solutions. They recently published this information about attacks on Microsoft 365 users. We believe this information is so important that we have shared their original blog. "We recently defended against this new email phishing threat targeting Microsoft 365 users. The email is entirely in the form of an image in an attempt to bypass anti-spam text classifiers. The email cl...

  We have recently seen a marked increase in the attempted hacking of email accounts which might include methods such as phishing, spear phishing, spoofing and other forms of Malware (see our Cyber Security Terminology blog for more information on these terms). Installing a mail protection system that uses policy-based rules to detect threats and enforce compliance, accountability and brand protection is recommended by security experts. Loyal I.T. Solutions uses and recommends Mai...