New Year, New Threat

New Year, New Threat With the New Year comes a new threat to business. Last week’s snow has already taken its toll on businesses across the South Coast with many running on skeleton staff, and some not even able to open their doors to staff or customers at all. Now senior engineers at Taylor Made Computer Solutions, based in Fareham, are urging local businesses to be especially vigilant for the latest in advanced email phishing scams, designed to deceive businesses and individuals out of personal information - including bank details. The most recent that has come to their attention poses as a legitimate email from well known telecoms institution, BT. The email itself and webpage it redirects to look almost identical to one from BT, making it very easy for it to be mistaken as genuine by the recipient. Once on the webpage you are prompted to confirm billing details by entering in credit and debit card information. Taylor Made are advising anyone who is at all suspicious about any email received requesting such information to contact the company where the email originated from directly, using a known telephone number. Nigel Taylor, Managing Director commented: “These scams have been around for some time, but this is the most convincing we have ever seen. This particular scam is also bypassing security filtering systems, so it is important that users exercise utmost care when opening emails like these.” Ends Words: 236 Notes to Editors: Example screen grabs of the email can be seen below. Taylor Made Computer Solutions (TMCS) is an exciting and growing specialist computer solutions company based in Fareham, Hampshire, providing complete professional IT and Training solutions for businesses varying in size from small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), right through to multinational companies. TMCS is geographically centred on the M27 corridor, creating close links to all areas of Hampshire, East Wiltshire and West Sussex. This focus enables TMCS to provide a fast, efficient and professional service to its customers, whilst creating the ideal working environment for its staff, who spend less time travelling and more time dealing with customers. The company has always prided itself on being truly customer-focused, which explains why the majority of the business gained is through personal and professional referral. This is coupled with a strong, company -wide commitment to the highest level of service through honesty, reliability and professionalism. This positive attitude has led to TMCS being accredited with three stars in the ‘Best Companies to Work For’ survey, placing it in the top 48 staff-friendly employers in the country. As a solutions provider, TMCS is very focused on the standard of its overall package, and firmly believes that a thorough and well planned IT strategy is vital for the development of a business. They get ‘under the skin’ of all their clients, undertaking a specially designed ABC programme to fully understand their needs, allowing TMCS to develop a strategic approach that will contribute to the long term growth of their client’s IT needs. The same standards have also been applied to Taylor Made Training Solutions (TMTS), a division of TMCS, formed to deliver training to the business community by using an approach which focuses on improving skills and knowledge for the individual in order to increase business benefit. TMTS shares the same passion for their clients, however small, initially carrying out a training audit of new clients, including staff and company needs, and producing a training-needs analysis which guides the client towards the goals of their Business Plan. This process enables TMTS to produce a bespoke course programme that works for the client, and which can be delivered at a time and place convenient to them. TMTS knows from their own experience that focusing on improving individual team IT skills and personal development increases business performance. It is this aim, to provide relevant and timely training that will enable its clients to do the same. www.tmcs.co.uk www.tmcstraining.co.uk For more information, please contact Colin Bridgman at Logical Creative Marketing on 0845 345 6969 alternatively, email colin@lcm.co.uk