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Guide IT Support for Estate Agents in the UK Practical IT and cyber security for UK estate agents: protecting client money and AML data, working safely with Rightmove and portals, stopping deposit and completion fraud, and mobile working. Article How to Stop Invoice Fraud and Email Spoofing (SPF, DKIM and DMARC) How invoice and business email compromise fraud works, and how SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop criminals spoofing your domain. A plain-English guide for UK businesses. Article Passwordless and Passkeys Explained (For Non-Techies) Passkeys let you sign in with your face, fingerprint or PIN instead of a password: and they're far harder to steal. Here's what they are and how to start. Article Payroll Diversion Fraud Explained: How Criminals Redirect Staff Salaries Payroll diversion fraud tricks your finance team into paying a staff salary to a criminal's bank account. Here's how it works and how to stop it. Guide How to Set Up SPF, DKIM and DMARC: A Step-by-Step Guide A plain-English, step-by-step guide to setting up SPF, DKIM and DMARC for your UK business email, with a safe staged rollout and common mistakes to avoid. Article Ransomware and UK Small Businesses: How Firms Get Hit and How to Stop It How a small UK business really gets hit by ransomware, and the handful of controls, backups, MFA, patching and staff awareness, that actually prevent it. Playbook What to Do After a Cyber Attack: A First-Hours Playbook for Small Businesses A calm, step-by-step playbook for the first hours after a cyber attack on your UK small business: contain, assess, report, recover and learn. Article Why Do My Business Emails Go to Spam? Your important emails keep landing in spam? Here is why it happens: authentication, sender reputation, content and list hygiene: and the practical checks to fix it. Article Tech Support Scams and Fake IT Calls: How to Spot Them Fake 'Microsoft' calls and scary pop-ups pressure you into handing over access or money. Learn the tells, what to do, and how a real IT provider behaves. Article Business Email Compromise (BEC) Explained Business email compromise costs UK firms dearly and slips past spam filters. Learn how CEO fraud and supplier impersonation work: and the layered defence that stops it. Article Smishing and Vishing: The SMS and Phone Scams Targeting Your Business Smishing (text) and vishing (phone) scams are hitting UK businesses hard. Learn the warning signs, the common tricks and exactly how your team should respond. Article Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Explained for Small Businesses Multi-factor authentication stops most account takeovers even when passwords leak. Learn app codes vs SMS vs passkeys, and how to roll MFA out. Article SIM Swapping Attacks Explained: Why Your Phone Number Isn't a Safe Login Learn how SIM swapping hijacks your mobile number to beat SMS security codes, why app-based MFA is safer, and how to lock down your phone account. Article QR Code Scams (Quishing) Explained: The Hidden Risk in a Square of Dots Quishing means QR code phishing. Fake QR codes now appear on car parks, invoices and posters. Learn where they hide, why they slip past filters and how to stay safe. Article How to Spot a Phishing Email (and What to Do About It) Learn to spot phishing emails fast: the classic tells, real-world patterns, and exactly what to do next: plus how to train your staff to catch them. Article Deepfake and AI Voice Scams: When the Fake CEO Sounds Completely Real AI can now clone a voice from seconds of audio. Learn how deepfake calls supercharge CEO fraud and BEC: and the simple call-back and code-word defences that stop them. Article Why You Should Move Your Business Off Free Gmail Free consumer email quietly costs you trust, control and security. Here is why UK small businesses should move to a proper custom-domain email, and how. Guide Microsoft 365 Security Settings Every Small Business Should Turn On A plain-English guide to the Microsoft 365 security settings UK small businesses should enable: MFA, anti-phishing, Safe Links, audit logging and sharing controls. Article MDR and EDR Explained: Do Small Businesses Really Need Them? What managed detection and response (MDR) and EDR mean in plain English, why small firms are targeted too, whether you need 24/7 monitoring, and what to look for. Article Security Awareness Training for Staff: Turning Your Team Into Your Best Defence Why your staff are the front line against cyber attacks, and how short, regular, practical security awareness training builds a strong reporting culture. Article Cyber Insurance for UK Small Businesses: What It Covers and How to Avoid a Denied Claim What cyber insurance actually covers, why UK insurers now check for MFA and DMARC, what to put in place first, and the common reasons small-business claims get denied.
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