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IT Services covering Chester, North Wales & The Wirral

Office 43, Coworkz Block B, Minerva Avenue, Chester, CH1 4QL


Email: info@tst.uk.com

Phone: 01244 457870

IT Security

If you are using the very popular Wordpress plugin Backupbuddy to backup your Wordpress website it is essential that you upgrade to version 8.7.5.  If your version of Backupbuddy is less than 8.7.5 you must do this urgently.  See the full announcement about Backupbuddy below: We recently discovered a security vulnerability in our BackupBuddy plugin. The vulnerability could allow a breach to your WordPress site, so we are...

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We are seeing an increase in the volume of attempted cyber-attacks over the last few weeks, as criminals try to take advantage of the disruption that Coronavirus is causing to our daily lives. We are seeing reports of fake “information updates” around Coronavirus and other attempts taking advantage of the greater than normal usage of VPNs / home working, so please be extra vigilant during...

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Home working for employees

Working from home for employees   This short guide provides some ideas and information to make working from home for employees easier, comfortable and more productive.   Comfort, sound & vision   When working from home, you need to make sure that your work station set up is comfortable to use.  You may have set up your equipment in a temporary location such as your dining room table.  Dining room chairs...

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Business Mobile Protection gives you an easy way to secure and control your mobile devices, both iOS and Android, wherever they are. You get everything you need in one package: Wi-Fi protection, browsing protection, support for mobile device management, and VPN.   Supported OS: iOS 9.x and later l Android 4.0.3 and later   Small businesses have seen a dramatic increase in cyber attacks and ransomware attacks.  The methods of...

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Online security is essential in keeping individual and organisational data safe.  In this article we will look at the most common threat alerts. Your email host should remove some threats but it is not possible to remove all threats which means that you should remain vigilant and alert to the dangers.   Be careful of: emails claiming that you have missed a delivery so click on a...

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There are lots of good reasons to keep copies of files and folders in the cloud.  It makes synchronising data across devices easy and is great for sharing large files to external contacts. However, a cloudsync/cloudshare isn't the same as a backup.  If you delete a file or folder in your synchronised folder locally, the same file or folder is also deleted on the cloud...

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TST Mobile protection for Android devices is £2.50+VAT per month per device (for existing monthly support customers) or £25+VAT per year.   Many businesses, and in particular small businesses, allow employees to bring their own devices to work.  They also allow their employees to access the office wifi.  In most cases the wifi is a straight forward connection to the router which is, in turn connected to...

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held to ransom

There are hundreds of successful ransomware attacks daily where critical data has been encrypted and a ransom demanded. As data owners we need to protect our information and avoid being held to ransom.   Ransomware is a type of malware that is usually distributed via phishing emails.  Unsuspecting users are hit with malware in an email attachment or redirected to a website where the malware is downloaded...

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Email virus scanning could save you many hours and additional costs when preventing viruses. Our scanning system stops viruses from arriving at your PC or local server. Protecting your home or business PC from viruses is critically important, nine out of 10 viruses are spread by email. Our virus scanning system stops emails at the mail-server so you never have to try and deal with them yourself,...

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Secure Back up TST

Data backup and security is a constant concern for many small business owners. Most businesses are built on their data and rely heavily on their IT and the loss of this data would be a disaster. Our simple to use, low cost, offsite, secure data backup system provides peace of mind.   Scheduled backups run automatically whenever you need them monthly, weekly, daily or more often. Backup as...

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