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中小企業的網絡安全戰略

Small businesses have been growing since the beginning of the pandemic thanks to digital transformation allowing them to open cost-efficiently. However, it brings the disadvantages of relying on the internet.

Just like any business is growing, viruses, ransomware, malware, and phishing have been growing over the past years, and attacks are expected to double in 2022 according to cybersecurity specialists. It doesn’t mean that we should just watch it happen, cybersecurity has been improving as well. Antiviruses are getting better, DNS protection is performing greatly with AI/ML systems, and now we have a lot of free training courses that help avoid cyberattacks.

To stay safe in 2022, our cybersecurity specialists advise you to do the following:

Multifactor authentication (MFA)

Attackers usually avoid those who use MFA due to a strong protection layer it adds to the user’s security. MFA is deployed easily, and it is highly recommended to be used.

Training

Cybersecurity training isn’t only made for big organizations, SMEs are usually even more attractive to hackers due to the lack of their cybersecurity. If the company cannot afford long-term courses, it can enroll into a few shorter ones over a longer period of time. This will help employees to raise cybersecurity awareness, thus using strong passwords and avoiding suspicious downloads or phishing emails.

DNS Filtering

A new trendy feature that is very easy to deploy and requires no hardware or IT background. This service can be installed on the network level to protect all users from malicious content and eliminate it before it even reaches the user’s network. DNS filtering comes with a lot of other features besides protection against malicious content, such as blocking unwanted websites like time wasters or social networks.

Antivirus

DNS Filtering usually should be enough, but if the user accidentally allows malicious content to be downloaded on their device, here comes the Antivirus alerting about the risks and deleting the malicious content that has been downloaded.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

SafeDNS贏得了最佳價值軟件獎

We are happy to announce that SafeDNS web-filtering service has won the Best Value Software award at SoftwareSuggest Winter Recognition Awards 2022.

To quote SoftwareSuggest, “To save businesses’ resources and prevent their staff from wasting work time SafeDNS provides a sophisticated cloud-based solution for web filtering which also increases users’ safety online by blocking botnets, malware, and phishing resources filter out most internet ads and content users consider irrelevant and inappropriate.”

SafeDNS team would like to thank SoftwareSuggest for their high appraisal, as well as our partners and customers for their trust and feedback. They always help us work towards improving our service.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

網絡釣魚：網絡安全的最大威脅

Not every cybersecurity threat is ransomware. Phishing is cybersecurity’s biggest threat. It’s one of the most common ways hackers can infiltrate your organization, and it can result in much more than identity theft.

Back in the 4th quarter of 2021, we were looking at a credential-stealing phishing attack on LinkedIn. The phishing email was sent from a compromised university email account and hosted its phishing page on Google Forms. The email claimed that the victims’ LinkedIn account had been suspended due to unusual activity and invited them to verify their account if they wanted to restore access.

This email attack employed the whole gamut of techniques to get past traditional email security filters and play a hoax on unsuspecting victims.

In the end of 2021, in December to be exact, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, filed a lawsuit in a California court against the operators of more than 39,000 phishing sites that have been hosted through the Ngrok service.

According to legal analysts, those lawsuits won’t go anywhere, but the reason for them to exist is that Meta is trying to say they are capable of identifying who is behind the phishing campaigns.

According to cybersecurity specialists, phishing attacks are very likely going to increase by 30%. And they are recommending both individuals and business owners to take all security precautions to decrease the risks of falling victim to one of those attacks.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

在即將到來的一年裡，什麼會威脅到SaaS的安全？

· Difficulties in controlling app security risks

Many companies use SaaS apps in their work more and more often, especially when their employees must work remotely. This is when they hit a problem: it is necessary to adjust security settings correctly for each app considering their configurations. As there are many such apps, security departments are forced to do major volumes of work and are not always maximally efficient.

· Low level of knowledge in cybersecurity rules by privileged users

Employees who do not follow cybersecurity rules and have expanded access put confidential information at the threat of being hacked and increase the risk of it being revealed. And because SaaS use continues to grow, there appears the necessity for control of employees’ access to apps.

· Phishing via SaaS

Criminals attack companies’ email via SaaS using the following scheme:

– Criminals send an email with OAuth app.

– An employee follows the link and logs in to their account.

– The app requests access to emails.

– The employee accepts the request.

– OAuth token is created, which is subsequently used by the cybercriminal to gain access to and control email or the whole disc.

– The criminal encodes the disc and the user can get access to it back only after they  have paid ransom.

This is how ransomware works. Other types of cyberattacks can be organized using OAuth app as well.

Having installed special apps for protection against cyberattacks or using cloud services companies can protect themselves from such cyberattacks and identify changes in cybersecurity settings and SaaS apps in timely manner.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

提高你的網絡安全的5個好習慣

1. Don’t forget to change your passwords regularly.

Don’t use the same password for a long time – change it. A very popular mistake users make is having the same password for all accounts. In the event of a cyberattack they all become available to cybercriminals.

When creating a password, make it stronger by using special characters, introduce a short code phrase. This will help you protect all your data from being hacked.

2. Don’t click on suspicious links.

Before you click on a link, take a careful look at it in order to understand where it leads to. By clicking on suspicious ones, you jeopardize your gadget, because malware can infiltrate your phone or computer.

3. Delete suspicious emails.

Make sure the email you got is not phishing. Google the address it was sent from.

4. Ignore attachments with unknown file formats.

Don’t open messages or emails containing attachments with non-standard file formats, such as .reg, .scr, .exe, .hta, vbs. They may contain a code cybercriminals use to hack your gadgets and steal confidential information.

5. Use two-factor authentication.

It will be much more difficult to hack into your account if you install an app that enables two-factor authentication. 2-step authentication with the use of text messages has also proved efficient.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

SafeDNS在2021年RSA大會期間獲得全球信息安全獎

The 9th Annual Global InfoSec Awards saw SafeDNS virtually rewarded by the Cyber Defense Magazine and the Cyber Defense Awards during the RSA Conference USA 2021 for the cybersecurity industry. SafeDNS has been recognized as the internet filtering market leader.

This newest award comes in addition to other recognitions SafeDNS received over the past 10 years in the cybersecurity sphere for its internet filtering solutions.

Earlier this year, SafeDNS released a new interface for its web filtering dashboard, thus coupling clean design, better user-friendliness, and sophistication to provide a unique experience to its customers.

The whole SafeDNS team thank its customers and partners for their support and permanent feedback that has continuously allowed its team to come up with improved, simpler, cost-effective, and robust web filtering solutions.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

AV-Comparative Release 2020

On June 30th, we got certified by AV-Comparatives for our parental control software. The certification recognizes anew the capability of SafeDNS to filter out undesirable content for children, e.g., pornography, violence, and the likes.

The test was carried during the month of June against 2000 websites deemed inappropriate for kids, which resulted in a block rate of 98.5% and 0 False-Positives. The full report can be found here. This follows our constant efforts to improve and keep the highest standards for the services we offer you.

Just in case you didn’t know: SafeDNS solutions can be operated with an extensive range of devices. Similarly, SafeDNS offers a wide spectrum of web-filtering categories. Thus, should you have more questions about the installation of our software or its web-filtering categories, kindly get in touch with our support@version-2.com.hk, they’ll be glad to help.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

SafeDNS重命名和重新分組幾個內容類別並引入新的類別

SafeDNS’s changed the names of several content categories and regrouped the categories, so it is easier for our users to grasp their essence to decide which of the categories to block or allow with the web filtering service.

So, we have renamed the category containing sites with child sexual abuse images, criminally obscene adult and child sexual abuse content from a list compiled by Internet Watch Foundation/IWF (UK). Now the category is called ‘Child Sexual Abuse (IWF)’, and we have moved to a large group of categories called ‘Illegal Activity’. To the same group, we have moved two more categories – ‘German Youth Protection’ and ‘Child Sexual Abuse (Arachnid)’.

A new category, ‘Crypto-Mining’, is added to the ‘Illegal Activity’ group. The category contains sites that are known to stealthily mine cryptocurrencies.

Two more categories are renamed – the one we used to call ‘Banner Ads’ into ‘Online Ads’, and the ‘Politics’ category is now called ‘Politics, Society and Law’.

A significant change is that we now have an entirely new group of categories, called ‘Security’. In this group, we have moved the three long-existing categories you know well – ‘Virus Propagation’, ‘Phishing’, and ‘Botnets’.

In the large group of categories, called ‘General Sites’, there’s a new category, ‘Online Libraries’. Its name is pretty much self-explanatory. The category contains online library sites.

We sincerely hope the new names of the filtering categories and new way of grouping them makes it clearer what content the categories have and whether to ban them or not.

Go to the Web Filtering tab of your SafeDNS Dashboard and check the changes. You might want to block some of the new categories to improve your internet security further!

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

SafeDNS現在支持過濾IPv6網站

Two years ago, we added support for IPv6 site blocking to all of our solutions – for home, education, business, and telecom – that allow SafeDNS cloud service users to restrict access to sites using the IPv6 protocol. 

In 2021, after having received loads of requests, we’ve finally released the beta version of our IPv6 resolver that comes to pile up on all our web filtering solution features aiming at making our solutions more robust, as we are permanently fighting web-based threats. 

The beta version includes enhanced security, more flexible subnetting, a simple address assignment, and a larger address webspace to name a few features. Therefore, because cyber threats evolve every day and we always strive to strengthen our solutions, we invite you to try and test our IPv6 resolver.

In our upcoming posts, we will inform you about any updates. Meanwhile, if you have any issues with the setup, here is the link on how to install the IPv6 resolver or simply contact one of our support team members.

What IPv6 is

IPv6 is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the internet. Unlike the widely used IPv4 protocol, IPv6 has a larger addressing space as this modern-day protocol uses a 128-bit address system and is a successor to IPv4, designed to replace the latter with its 32-bit address system, which will soon run out of IPv4 addresses.

IPv6 is widely used in different industries for the interaction of M2M sensor systems. The IPv6 protocol is at the heart of IoT networks and is used, along with IPv4, on many popular websites and mail services. SafeDNS is aware of the growing popularity of IPv6 and its influence on contemporary computer networks. In anticipation of a mass transition to this more advanced protocol, we are taking steps to be fully ready for it.

 

Why supporting IPv6 is important

Despite a relatively small number of IPv6 sites existing now, the SafeDNS support for blocking both IPv4 and IPv6 sites is significant for more comprehensive protection of the company’s users against all kinds of cyber threats. Previously, the SafeDNS filtering service just skipped sites on IPv6. Starting from today, SafeDNS makes the internet safer for you – by filtering out sites using IPv6 as well as IPv4. The opportunity to block IPv6 sites is supported on all the SafeDNS plans.

First and foremost, SafeDNS support for IPv6 is likely to be in demand with internet service providers that use IPv6 on their networks (including for their internal services). However, home and corporate users of the SafeDNS service will find the new opportunity quite useful cause the number of sites on IPv6 (including dangerous ones) is increasing every year.

How to enable IPv6 site blocking with the SafeDNS service

It is simple. You do not have to do anything. IPv6 support is already available for all of the SafeDNS users on any service plan. So there’s a need to change anything in your filtering settings. From now on, the sites using IPv6 are correctly blocked according to your SafeDNS settings.

Stay tuned!

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.

SafeDNS擴展了其友好的Wi-Fi合作夥伴關係

We are happy to tell you the SafeDNS partnership with Friendly Wi-Fi, which is a UK government-initiated safety certification for public wireless networks, has now been extended for another year. 

Public Wi-Fi owners apply for this certification to be able to display a Friendly Wi-Fi symbol at their venues, use the electronic sign on their Wi-Fi landing pages, sites, and marketing materials. This symbol means that a public wireless network is safe for families with kids as it meets the necessary web filtering standards.

The Friendly Wi-Fi symbol is available to any venues or locations worldwide, providing a public or guest Wi-Fi service who are committed to supporting the need for safeguarding online content. Globally, over 5.000 venues have already got a Friendly Wi-Fi certification.

Why we’ve extended this partnership

The SafeDNS entire work is devoted to safeguarding young and adult web surfers from heinous, explicit, harmful content and web-borne threats. We’d love to share our expertise and high-quality web filtering solutions with partners and clients all over the world, and this partnership is a great way to do it.

To SafeDNS corporate and home users in the UK and beyond, this partnership with Friendly Wi-Fi confirms that families and businesses that have deployed our filtering service deliver their network users top-notch protection against malicious, phishing, inappropriate sites. The tried and tested SafeDNS technology, powered by AI and machine learning, has proved its efficiency multiple times in tests and reviews by 3rd-party testers.

Friendly Wi-Fi has awarded SafeDNS filtering its Approved Product badge, which means SafeDNS web filtering and cybersecurity solutions meet the standards required to make the internet cleaner and safer.

Certify your Wi-Fi with a discount

We want to remind Wi-Fi providers and public/guest Wi-Fi owners that if you use a SafeDNS web filtering solution to secure your networks from cyber threats and unwanted content, you have an opportunity to get the Friendly Wi-Fi certification with a 10% discount. Grab your chance to let your patrons, customers, and staff know you take their online safety seriously and take steps to make their online experience more comfortable. The Friendly Wi-Fi symbol will prove that your public Wi-Fi networks are free from adult and child sexual abuse images and videos, porn, and other gross content.

The SafeDNS solutions fully meet the Friendly Wi-Fi requirements and keep your network users safe online. Use the opportunity SafeDNS provides public Wi-Fi owners to certify their networks with a nice discount. Once you receive the certification, you will be able to display the Friendly Wi-Fi symbol in your venue, confirming a safer internet is available to staff members and guests at this Wi-Fi hotspot. Visit the dedicated site page and fill in an online form to apply for the Wi-Fi certification.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SafeDNS
SafeDNS breathes to make the internet safer for people all over the world with solutions ranging from AI & ML-powered web filtering, cybersecurity to threat intelligence. Moreover, we strive to create the next generation of safer and more affordable web filtering products. Endlessly working to improve our users’ online protection, SafeDNS has also launched an innovative system powered by continuous machine learning and user behavior analytics to detect botnets and malicious websites.