We have recently received the following notice from Google regarding a Google reCAPTCHA update. As of March 31st 2018, Google will be turning reCAPTCHA v1 off on all websites that still use it and have not updated or changed. What is Google reCAPTCHA? reCAPTCHA is a service from Google that helps protect websites from spam […]

GDPR Introduction If you use the internet, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect you! On the 18th May 2018, the new GDPR will come into force. AsOne have written a ‘snapshot’ guide to help you get ready. First things first, you may be thinking that it won’t affect UK businesses after Brexit, however, the […]

Cyber security is becoming an increasingly important consideration for any business owner, and taking steps to protect your website is now a vital activity. If your website is a key source of revenue for your business, or even if it is just a place your customers can go to find out more about you, failing […]

We wrote recently about how security is becoming more and more important for modern businesses, as they place greater reliance on technology, and the threat of cybercrime increases this is the time to look in to the possibility of an SSL Certificate. While previously companies might have got away with a more relaxed approach to […]

Do you have a secure website? The huge surge in cybercrime over the past few years has been well documented by the media, with several high profile companies suffering devastating attacks. The recent WannaCry attack brought the NHS to a standstill, but also infected computers around the globe causing untold damage. In many cases the […]

The huge surge in cybercrime over the past few years has been well documented by the media, with several high profile companies suffering devastating attacks. The recent WannaCry attack brought the NHS to a standstill but also infected computers around the globe causing untold damage. In many cases the immediate loss of your ability to […]

Cyber security is becoming increasingly more important for all websites due to continual cyber attacks. As technological advances create more scope for cyber attacks there is an increasing need to ensure you are fully compliant with industry standards and are actively protecting yourself. Only recently we have experienced a mass attack on our NHS, granted this […]

Google is leading an initiative to make the web a more secure environment by not only encouraging all websites to use HTTPS but by marking standard HTTP websites as “Not Secure”.  With Google being the most popular Search Engine and Internet Browser it is important to take their advice seriously and other popular browsers such […]

Planned Preventative Maintenance Please be aware that planned preventative maintenance on selected servers will be taking place on the following dates. Monday – 03/04/2017 Tuesday – 04/04/2017 Wednesday – 05/04/2017 Please be aware that whilst we do not expect this work to cause any interruption to service, the sites should be considered as at risk […]

You may have read in the news recently the government is investing almost £2 billion into fighting cyber-crime due to a surge in fraud, website hacking and other online crimes. It has been reported that up to 30,000 websites are hacked per day worldwide. With cyber-crime on the rise it is more important than ever […]

The observant amongst you may have noticed a slight change to the asone.co.uk site recently, we have gained a green padlock signifying we have installed an SSL certificate on our website. We thought we would lead by example as we encourage all of our clients to protect their websites with the secure encryption and additional […]

AsOne was recently made aware by a client of a scam caller. The caller claims to be a technician from Google. The caller will tell you that there is a problem with your computer, in this case the technician told one of our clients that there was a problem with their websites algorithm. The technician then requested that […]

It is now only 3 days left until Christmas! The excitement is palpable in our offices! What a better way to count the last days until Christmas then to write about the best tech presents you can buy for your digital savvy friends and family this Christmas! Here are the top 3 gifts this year […]

It is hard to find someone now who does not own a smartphone or even a tablet. In Britain alone their is 37.8 million smartphone users, thats not including the number of people who own tablets. Many people now choose to use their smartphones as their primary source of internet browsing. It’s no surprise that […]

You might have heard that recently there was a huge windows security scare with the latest windows update, or you might not have heard anything at all. The update left a weakness in the operating system that could potentially allow hackers to take total control of your machine. This would let these hackers download more files […]

Scam email AsOne were recently made aware of a scam email that is asking the account holder to click the link to stop their account from be lost. We would advise that you do not click the link within the email as it is highly likely that this link will be hiding a virus. We recommend […]

Recently there has been a string of scams regarding the breaching of copyright online so we thought it would be a good idea to stress the importance of adhering to copyright laws. It always seems easier and more effective to just visit Google for an image that you need for your website instead of taking […]

Recently one of our clients brought a document they received to our attention. This is an example of how scammers may try to exploit you and your business. Many scammers will try the approach you see here; the general idea is to force their target to give them money through seemingly legitimate means. These documents […]

Just a heads-up for our clients and visitors – if you are using a device with Windows 8 and have not yet upgraded to 8.1, now is the time! Microsoft will cease support for the original Windows 8 on the 18th October 2015, and will not publish any more security updates for it. Upgrading to […]

Unfortunately today we are experiencing an issue with our email server, affecting how long it is taking for emails to arrive. If you host your emails with us and today have noticed your emails are coming through slowly or even not at all, don’t worry you’re not on your own and we are working to […]

This week our server hosts will be carrying out annual maintenance on the Uninterruptible Power Supplies to check for any loose connections, signs of overheating as well as checks on the batteries that will be inspected for signs of fault or distress. The work will begin on the 25th of February 2015, from 08:00 till […]

We all receive spam of some sort, whether it’s through our door in the form of take-away menus, or “To the homeowner” letters from any company, especially from utility providers trying to get you to move over to their epic deal. Whichever format you receive spam mail, it is quite annoying, and do people really […]

You may have heard over the past 24 hours about a pretty serious bug concerning users of Mac OSX and Linux. The vulnerability affects the Bash shell, the command line interpreter, and can give an attacker complete control of a system. AsOne’s servers have been patched today against this to protect your sites and data. […]

The vast majority of internet users like to browse around, looking for interesting articles, buying things, downloading images, watching films, playing games or the other thing that the internet is used for. But are you really savvy enough not to be caught by a rogue website with a virus on it? .exe files will start a […]

What is phishing and how do they do it? Phishing is a fraudulent scam where people get your details for websites that you have logged into, through a pretty easy process. It is really as simple as building an identical website, making you visit their website, whilst you think you’re on the actual website. You then […]

Great news for Gmail users! Google has increased security and encryption to all accounts. ‘Every single email message you send or receive – 100 percent of them -is encrypted while moving internally,’ Google said. How do I check? Take a look at the URL, does it say http:// or https://, the ‘S’ stands for secure. […]

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It’s finally December! Christmas is coming, Geese are getting fatter, and today is Cyber Monday – the day Retailers reckon people will spend the most money on Christmas Presents. With people turning more to Online Shopping, it’s natural that criminals are looking to make a profit from unfortunate shoppers. It’s important more than ever to […]

Yesterday, Microsoft released the free Windows 8.1 upgrade for all Windows 8 customers, available now from the Windows Store App on your Start Screen. Amongst the usual performance and security improvements, the update brings, amongst other things: Internet Explorer 11, currently only available on Windows 8.1. The return of the Start Button on the desktop […]

iOS7 was released to much anticipation last week, along with two new iPhones, the 5s and 5c. The new version of the operating system has a fanciful new look, loads of new features, and, probably the best part of it, automatic app updates! (I’ve seen some phones where the available app updates were in the […]