Protect Yourself from Gameover Zeus and CryptoLocker

Ever since the latesty cyberthreats Gameover Zeus hit the headlines recently we have had many clients asking us about it.   While we are not cybersecurity experts we can point people in the right direction.   There are other threats about too such as the ransomware CryptoLocker and it is important to take some action NOW to protect yourself.
Here are a few basic tips to help you:-

  1. Make sure all your work is backed up.  You do this regularly anyway right?
  2. Check that all your security software is up to date e.g. anti-virus, malware protection etc..  Some viruses can turn off antivirus so make sure everything is running and is up to date.
  3. If you are running Windows or Apple install all the latest updates.
  4. Visit Get Safe Online website for other advice and free tools to search and remove viruses and ransomware.

And if all this fails and you are a victim of online crime then click  Action Fraud to ask for help.

Our new website is finally live!

Finally we have managed to find the time to rebuild our own website!   We’ve kept it similar to the old one as we had great feedback about the old design.   But we still wanted to keep improving and hence this new site is now live.   You will see that the butterflies have survived the redesign!   So many people mentioned that they like that image that we thought we would keep it a little longer.   Its certainly eye catching and memorable. Our new site has better social media links and we’ve brought our blog into the fold too.

What do you think of the new site?    We appreciate all constructive feedback so let us know at hello@casemarketing.co.uk

Love the new WordPress 3.9 update!

We have just upgraded to WordPress 3.9 and we are pretty impressed!  If you have been using the latest version of WordPress then you won’t immediately see anything vastly different.   But look closer.    Many of our clients update their pages and posts using the Visual Editor and this has been upgraded which is great news.  One new facility we think is great is the ‘drag and drop’ option for adding photos from your desktop.   There is also the option of cutting and pasting text from Word without having to clear up all the messy code.   Yippee!  Website designers everywhere will be really pleased to hear about this!

Moving onto Widgets.  There is now a Live Widget Preview function.  This enables you to add, edit, and play around with your widgets from the theme customizer.   Just go to Themes, Customize and you should see your widgets appearing on the left hand side menu bar.   This enables you to preview your changes in real-time and only save them when you’re ready.

We also love the new Gallery previews.   There are lots more improvements too 🙂

But a note to small business owners with WordPress websites.  Please check with your website designer BEFORE upgrading to ensure that your theme is compatible.  And don’t forget to back up your website before upgrading.