Peakplex Internet

01/04/2022

Annual Facebook post - 5 years of Peakplex today! 🎂

01/04/2021

Today is our 4th birthday! 🎉🧁

28/01/2021

Do NOT be a victim of an email scam - especially now the vaccine is being rolled out. Please make sure you know exactly who sent you the email as phishing is a very common technique used by email scammers.

Always be sure to check the email address itself and not just the sender's name. I'm pretty sure "NHS Notifications" would NOT be coming from a Hotmail email account! Also, do NOT presume it is from somewhere if the email content says it is from there. It may have the NHS logo, but this email is NOT from the NHS.

Six things to look out for when reading an email are:

1. Is the email address from a public email domain such as .com and .com.

2. Look at the email address, not just the sender's name.

3. Check the domain name (the bit after the @ sign) is spelt correctly. For example, a sneaky person may write "NHS" as "NH5" as 5 and S are similar.

4. Read the email and check for poor spelling and bad grammar.

5. Watch out for suspicious attachments or links. Do not download files or click links in emails you are unsure about. For links, you can sometimes hover your mouse (don't click) over them to see what the address is. If it's something you do not recognise, do NOT click it.

6. Does the email create a sense of urgency? Then it's likely a scam. They want you to panic and make a rash decision.

Bonus Tip: When in doubt, please seek advice from a family member or a friend. It's not embarrassing to get someone else's opinion. It is better to be safe than sorry.

For any of you still reading this post, you can tell the email I received is a scam for multiple reasons. Firstly, the email address is clearly NOT from the NHS. Secondly, they create a sense of urgency. Thirdly, there is poor grammar and structure throughout the email. Finally, the way the links display and where they link to look suspicious.

Hopefully this advice is helpful to some of you and remember to stay safe. Thanks!

01/04/2020

We are 3 years old today! Thank you so much to our clients and everyone else for all the support over the last few years.

21/03/2020

For anybody wondering, Peakplex Internet will remain open during this time as I am working from home. Face-to-face meetings will need to be rescheduled or changed to a phone call instead.

You can still contact me via social media, email or phone. I am usually available between 9am-5pm on Tuesdays-Saturdays.

15/03/2020

Email phishing and scamming has always been an issue. If you do not know the person who sent you the email or think the email you received is odd in any way, do NOT click the links within the email.

This article highlights a few spam/scam emails related to the coronavirus you should ignore. They are designed to scare you so you click their malicious links within the email. As I said earlier, do NOT click any links you are unsure about.

How to spot five of the biggest email phishing scams based around Covid-19 concerns.

15/11/2019

An insight into political ads on social media

Exploring the gaps in the political advertising databases provided by the tech giants.

19/10/2019

Simples, whatevs and Jedi have been added to the dictionary! 📖

Jafaican, sumfin and chillax also appear in the Oxford English Dictionary October 2019 list.

31/08/2019

Twitter's CEO's Twitter account gets hacked.

The co-founder and CEO's account was used to retweet a flurry of highly offensive messages.

03/04/2019

WP Google Maps Vulnerable to SQL Injection Exploit. If this plugin is on your website, you should consider an alternative option.

WP Google Maps issued a security update to fix a potentially dangerous vulnerability.

01/04/2019

Today we're celebrating our 2nd Birthday!!! 🎊🎉