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A collection of 11 posts

5 Reasons Why Your Small Business Should Outsource IT

5 Reasons Why Your Small Business Should Outsource IT

IT outsourcing is an ever-increasing practice within the professional services sector. If your business is spending too much on managing email accounts, servers, printers, and telephones, it is time to consider getting external help from the professionals.

Owning Your Legal Practice's Cybersecurity – MSPs and You

Owning Your Legal Practice's Cybersecurity – MSPs and You

Law practices should be aware of the cyber risks associated with IT, as a security breach involve financial and reputational damages, and legal liabilities. Read what the six questions are that every legal professional should ask from their managed IT services provider to avoid a data breach.

Phishing Is the Top Reason Behind Australian Data Breaches

Phishing Is the Top Reason Behind Australian Data Breaches

The latest Notifiable Data Breaches Quarterly Statistics Report confirms that Australian legal practices are at risk of cybercrime with phishing as the main threat.

Professional Help Needed for Law Firms Still Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks

Professional Help Needed for Law Firms Still Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks

Many of the leading law firms are failing set-up the anti-phishing solution correctly at their end, leaving them open to cyberattacks including phishing, payment redirection fraud and Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud – our latest report can reveal.

Discovering Hidden Email Gateways with OSINT Techniques

Discovering Hidden Email Gateways with OSINT Techniques

In this article, we elaborate how we managed to identify hidden internal email servers by relying on various open-source intelligence (OSINT) data sources for our direct email spool attack research.

How to Evade Expensive Phishing Filters with One Simple Trick

How to Evade Expensive Phishing Filters with One Simple Trick

One in three Australian law firms are susceptible to a cyber threat called “direct email spool attack”, our report can reveal. This attack technique bypasses expensive email security solutions, rendering them completely useless and exposing the affected organisations to cybercrime.

Hacking Law Firms with Abandoned Domain Names

Hacking Law Firms with Abandoned Domain Names

This research report demonstrates how domain name abandonment poses a significant cyber threat to the legal profession and other businesses. This report also makes recommendations as to measures legal practices and other businesses can take to stop this threat.

Why You Need Professional Email Hosting for Your Business

Why You Need Professional Email Hosting for Your Business

In this article, we explain how basic email hosting providers can put your business at risk of cyber attacks and why you should consider migrating to a professional email service.

Is the Cybersecurity of Your Conveyancing Business PEXA Ready?

Is the Cybersecurity of Your Conveyancing Business PEXA Ready?

Iron Bastion is publishing a simple questionnaire today to allow conveyancing and legal practices to assess their cybersecurity posture and therefore their ability to use the e-conveyancing platform safely and securely.

Cybersecurity Tips for Conveyancers and Solicitors using PEXA

Cybersecurity Tips for Conveyancers and Solicitors using PEXA

A former MasterChef finalist and her family had $250,000 stolen from a property purchase transaction on the PEXA platform at settlement recently. We explain the most likely way the fraud occurred and what practical things you can do today to protect your business from payment redirection fraud.

Report: Australia’s Top Law Firms Lead the Way in the Use of Anti-Phishing Technologies

Report: Australia’s Top Law Firms Lead the Way in the Use of Anti-Phishing Technologies

Most of Australia’s top-tier and mid-tier law firms are well prepared in defending against phishing attacks, a new study from Iron Bastion can reveal