Xcede’s Louise succeeds with ease!
Well, it wasn’t that easy but I wouldn’t be the first who twisted the truth for a good headline! From Paul Stead, Xcede IT’s Managing Director : “Talking about achieving our IT SLA’s (which we do!) is a bit dry…..but celebrating our staff success is much more interesting. Louise Beech, our Service Desk manager, came […]
Forget your 15 year old, what is your 13 year old up to???
A 25 year old Finnish hacker has recently been jailed for less than 7 years for committing over 30,000 cyber-related crimes. He rose to prominence in the hacking world at the age of 13 and was arrested in 2014 at the age of 17. He was subsequently found guilty of over 50,000 hacking offences but […]
Is your 15 year old inviting trouble?
The FBI has recently announced that older routers (10-15 years old) might be making your home or small office network susceptible to hackers, including routers from reputable manufacturers such as Netgear and Cisco. The claim is that these older routers are being hacked by the Chinese and could present the Chinese Government with a platform […]
Interesting email subject? Beware!
Cyber security expert, Earthweb’s Trevor Cooke, has recently revealed the Top 5 email subjects that should make you think twice before opening. Malicious emails are being sent out in their millions to just about anyone with an email address. The problem is that the results of you opening some of these emails might not just […]
Servers get fried at McDonald’s
Just before the weekend, some of McDonald’s I.T. Systems failed and the impact was “supersized, affecting the diets of millions of people all over the world, not necessarily in a bad way….. We have all become familiar with ordering by using McDonald’s app on our mobile phones, or the electronic self-ordering kiosks. Well neither of […]
Social Media down. Productivity up?
Facebook, Instagram and YouTube were unavailable for a period of time on March 5th, 2024, impacting millions of users worldwide. But do we know why? Whilst Facebook and Instagram belong to the same company, Meta Platforms Inc. (as do Threads and WhatsApp), YouTube is a separate entity, so what could have taken down all of […]
Cybeer attack on Belgium brewery
Clearly nothing is sacred when it comes to ransomware attacks, the brewers of the ridiculously strong “Duvel” beer (alcohol content 8.5%) being recent victims. The attack meant the closure of five breweries: Four in Belgium and one in the U.S.A. The brewery claims that swift action from their IT department mitigated the impact of the […]
Cyber attack impacts U.S. healthcare provision
Has UnitedHealth Group paid ransomware attackers $22m in bitcoin? For a couple of weeks now, hospitals and pharmacies in the U.S.A. have been seriously impacted by the healthcare giant’s inability to process payments due to the attack. In some cases, this has left patients without life-saving medication and is said to have impacted every hospital […]
Xcede IT welcome new member of staff
Please join us in welcoming Cameron Porter, Technical Apprentice and a local lad! At Xcede, we have very specific ways we like to get the job done. These methods have been developed over many years of experience and this consistent approach to our customers’ issues and projects ensures a very high standard of quality in […]