In this week’s tech news report, the top stories include a brand-new Atari console and a look at bees that can smell cancer. GADGETS – A cheap way to extend your WiFi signal at home To ensure good WiFi coverage, access points should always be cabled directly back to your router. However, when that’s not…
In our first of hopefully many weekly tech news reports, we look at the fallout from the recent NHS hack and leaked details about Samsung’s upcoming high-end smartwatch, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra. GADGETS – Leaked photos of new high-end Samsung smartwatch The highly anticipated Apple Watch Ultra 2 rival from Samsung now has…
Outsourced I.T. companies like Wilson Computers, who support small businesses in Belfast and beyond, will usually use a variety of security tools to protect your systems. However there are many good reasons why your business would benefit from Cyber Essentials Certification. 1. Dramatically reduce your risk from cyber attacks Many of the systems we use…
IT Support If you’re paying for a managed IT service, you might be unaware of several things. As part of any managed IT service it is quite common that your systems will be covered with software referred to as RMM – which stands for remote monitoring and management. It’s crucial for the success of a…
Here at Wilson Computers we monitor hundreds of computers to protect our clients against cybercrime attacks. Some of the worst business fraud cases we have investigated originated from an attacker getting access to a user’s mailbox. This article describes how to avoid some of the most common attacks and offers support to victims of business…
Many businesses are thinking about their return to the office and life after lockdown, but with social distancing likely to be in place for some time to come, and a significant number of staff having to shield due to conditions such as asthma or diabetes, it could be quite a few months before things start…
Data is so crucial these days for businesses in Northern Ireland that most organizations rely on secure online backup service providers to protect data and keep it safe and available through a network in a secure manner. And with the internet becoming much faster, servers more accessible, as well as new-generation technologies, it is now…
Now more than ever, malicious software continues to be a huge problem for businesses in Belfast and Northern Ireland. However, the best way to avoid a virus is to be aware of what to look out for, to begin with. As prevention will always be the safest and overall cheapest solution to protect businesses against…
Password Scam – How Does It Work? Here at Wilson Computers we get contacted on a regular basis by businesses who are targeted by scams. Consequently, we see many different techniques that scammers use to try and extort money. Recently this “Password Scam” has became very prevalent and has been causing many un-due concerns. The…
Part of what we do here at Wilson Computers is to keep up to date with scams and security risks so that we can continue to protect our clients. A threat that we are seeing more and more often has seen scammers walk away with millions of pounds from businesses in the Greater Belfast area.…