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Donate your unwanted laptop
Do you work for a business that might have some old working laptops gathering dust in a cupboard? Or do you have personally have a laptop you don’t need any

Half a million Zoom accounts found for sale
The details of more than 500,000 Zoom accounts have been found for sale on the dark web by security researchers, for less that one penny each. The login details were

Business as usual during the pandemic
We would like to reassure all of our valued customers that it’s mostly business as usual here at Micro Maintenance. Most of our team is working from home but are

World Backup Day 2020
What would you do if your business lost access to all of it’s data? What if your computers were infected with ransomware? Have you analyzed what data is important and,

Cyber Essentials is changing
From the 1st of April 2020, the National Cyber Security Centre is changing the Cyber Essentials certification process. In a move to standardise the application process, the NCSC is making

Mac malware twice as prevalent as Windows malware
The respected cybersecurity company, Malwarebytes, detected an average of 11 malware threats per Mac and an average of 5.8 threats per Windows device in 2019, meaning that Mac threats were

Trello data exposed
If you are a user of the poular task management service Trello, you should take a few minutes to check you privacy settings. Although the default option for new boards

Christmas 2019
Micro Maintenance would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 2019 was a great year for us, and we are looking to build on that

End of support for Windows 7
On 14th of January 2020, Microsoft will officially stop supporting Windows 7. Although it is a myth that Windows 7 will stop working, you will be putting your computer and

Pitney Bowes reported to be victim of ransomware attack
It has been reported that Pitney Bowes was hit by a ransomware attack on Monday 14th of October. Their key systems are said to be disrupted, and users in the

European Cyber Security Month 2019
European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) is an EU awareness campaign that promotes cyber security among citizens and organizations about the importance of information security and highlighting the simple steps that
