Taking The SH Out Of IT
Calendar invites from spammers: how they sneak past your filters and try to nick your Microsoft log-on
Microsoft does not send subscription renewal calendar appointments. Don’t accept long, multi-day calendar invites about “renewals” or “service disruption.” Check the sender, if it’s not a Microsoft domain, it’s dodgy. Never open an attached HTML/webpage file from an...
When the Cloud Has a Cough: Why Amazon’s Four-Hour Nap Isn’t the End of the World
AWS went down for a few hours. The world panicked. Cloud outages are rare, and shorter, than local system failures. Running everything yourself would cost thousands more and be less reliable. Outages are a chance to do the tasks you’ve been avoiding. The real issue...
I Went to My First Classical Concert and Finally Understood IT Support
Classical music without context = confusing noise. IT systems without context = confusing dashboards. Knowing the story behind the system changes everything. At TLMartin Ltd, we act as your translator, turning IT noise into something meaningful, secure, and...
When Spam Slips the Net: Why You Still Get Dodgy Emails
We had a corker of a scam email land recently, supposedly from DocuSign, but actually coming from something called palmwineboys.com (I kid you not). It even had a lovely big red REVIEW DOCUMENTS button, linking off to a sketchy tracking service. Now, the knee-jerk...
The Practical Defence – Old-School IT Still Beats New-School AI
AI threats are shiny, but the same boring IT basics still stop most of them. MFA, patching, backups, and monitoring beat even deepfakes and GhostGPT. Outsourced IT gives you enterprise defences without enterprise salaries. Prevention is cheaper than ransom, and less...
When Martin Lewis and Kier Starmer “Team Up” with Quantum AI (Except They Didn’t): The Deepfake Scam Playbook
No, Martin Lewis isn’t flogging dodgy “Quantum AI” investments. Neither is Kier Starmer. Scammers are using deepfake tech to put words in people’s mouths and cash in on your trust. AI makes this easy, cheap, and scarily convincing. Learn how these scams work, why...
Brand Impersonation – When Your Logo Gets Hijacked
Criminals are cloning brands, even small ones, with AI-generated profiles and fake job ads. Customers, job seekers, and partners get duped, you get the fallout. A real UK small business had its logo and fake recruiter used to scam applicants. Brand monitoring and IT...
AI Agents – Free Manpower for Criminals
AI agents let one scammer run what used to take a whole team. That means “low-value” SMEs suddenly become worthwhile targets. Real-world examples show botnets scraping data, spoofing domains, and launching campaigns at scale. Managed IT makes you the hardest nut to...
AI Phishing – When Emails Write Themselves
Gone are the days of “Dear Esteemed Sir.” AI now writes phishing emails better than most humans. Tools like GhostGPT churn out polished, personalised scams at scale. Real SMEs have lost thousands because the “invoice reminder” looked perfect. Email filtering, domain...
The Winter Fuel Payment Scam – A Masterclass in Dodgy Tricks
Real government sites end in .gov.uk, anything else is fake. DWP does not send mass group texts exposing strangers’ numbers. They never need your card details and make a verification payment for benefits. Ever. Scammers start with harmless info to build trust, then...
