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08/29/2026

Don't let your router or firewall get old. These devices have a shelf life, and once they stop getting security updates, your hacking risk goes up. Ask your IT for a list of your network gear and whether each piece is still supported. Anything past end of life needs replacing.

08/28/2026

The face on your video call might not be real. Deepfakes can now fake a familiar face and voice live, and people have been talked into wiring out fortunes. If someone on a call pushes you to move money fast, verify another way first. Call them back on a number you already have.

08/27/2026

You're probably holding way more customer data than you need: old card numbers, files from clients who left years ago. If you don't need it, it's just data for a hacker to steal. Delete what you've no reason to keep, old payment details first. You can't lose what you don't have.

08/26/2026

Attackers don't always need your password. They click 'forgot password' and reset it through your recovery email or security questions, and those answers are often on your social media. Lock down your recovery email with MFA, and make up fake answers to security questions.

08/25/2026

From August 2nd 2026, the EU requires AI-generated content to be labeled, and it can apply even outside Europe if you have EU customers. If you use AI for images, video, or text the public sees, you might need to flag it. Worth a quick chat with whoever handles your legal side.

This code of practice supports compliance with the AI Act transparency obligations related to marking and labelling of AI-generated content.

08/25/2026

That slow old laptop your employee is putting up with is costing you more than a new one would.

It's easy to treat a computer as something you only replace when it dies. As long as it still switches on, a new one feels like money you don't need to spend.

Every slow start-up in the morning, every wait for a file to open, every frozen call someone has to drop and rejoin is a couple of minutes gone.

It happens over and over, all day, to everyone stuck on an old machine. Add it up across a year and it's well past the price of a new laptop.

And that's before the frustration, or the fact that old machines stop getting security updates, which makes a slow computer a risky one too.

You don't have to replace everything at once. Just look at how old your team's computers are.

Around the three or four year mark is usually where a machine starts costing you more in lost time than a replacement would.

Ask your staff which computers drive them mad and they'll tell you straight away.

Your IT provider can also point out which ones are near the end of their supported life, since those tend to be both the slowest and the least safe.

08/24/2026

Found a USB stick in the parking lot? Don't plug it in to see what's on it. A dodgy USB drive can install malware the second it's connected, or even act like a keyboard and type commands itself. If you didn't buy it, it goes in the bin, not into your laptop.

08/23/2026

The phone in your pocket holds the same company email and files as your laptop, but rarely gets the same care. Put a screen lock on it, leave automatic updates on, only install apps from the official store, and set up a way to wipe it remotely if it's ever lost or stolen.

08/22/2026

The old advice to spot a scam by its bad spelling is dead. AI now pumps out scam texts and fake websites that look perfect, right down to the logo. Judge a message by what it asks you to do. If it's rushing you to click, log in, or move money, stop. Go to the real site yourself.

Google sued Outsider operators for allegedly using Gemini AI to create phishing pages tied to 1.59M URLs and 100K+ victims.

08/21/2026

If your team has a different password for every app, single sign-on is simpler, and you may already own it in Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. One login opens everything. When someone leaves, switch off that one account and they lose all access. Fewer passwords to leak.