When your IT breaks, we own it until it's fixed.
Most businesses pay one company for IT and hope someone else is handling security. With us, one Brisbane-based team looks after your computers, email and files, and watches for attackers at the same time. When something goes wrong, you make one call.

Watched day and night
Suspicious sign-ins stopped as they happen
What attackers actually did last year.
Data sourced from the Huntress 2026 Cyber Threat Report, the Huntress SOC, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, and the ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report. We use these patterns to shape how we configure detections, train staff, and prioritise controls for Australian SMBs.
Phishing in 2025
Top lure themes (Huntress SAT data)
- E-signature requests
- 14.2%
- Invoice notifications
- 7.8%
- Voicemail notifications
- 7.5%
- File share notifications
- 6.8%
Microsoft was impersonated in 31.6% of campaigns. PDF attachments were used in 57.7%. Urgency or trust framing carried 56.3% of the lures we tracked.
Business email compromise
BEC precursor activity in 2025
- Suspicious logins (shady sign-ins)
- 37.2%
- Mailbox manipulation & persistence
- 19%
- Adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM)
- 18.9%
- Malicious OAuth and app abuse
- 10.1%
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center has called BEC the $55 billion scam. In Australia, a successful BEC is also reportable under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme when personal information is exposed.
Ransomware in 2025
Slower, stealthier, more concentrated.
Average time to ransom rose to 20 hours in 2025, up from 17 in 2024. The fastest crews are still under 10 hours, so detection windows remain tight. Around 51% of incidents were linked to just four groups (Akira, RansomHub, Qilin, Medusa). Akira alone was up 40.8% year on year.
Attackers are moving away from loud, exploit-driven campaigns toward extortion, data theft, and abuse of legitimate tools and processes already inside your environment. Endpoint signatures alone do not catch this. Behavioural detection and identity monitoring do.
Want to know how these attacks actually work? Our cybersecurity hub walks through scam emails, fake invoice fraud and stolen passwords in plain English.
The same engineers fix your laptops and watch for attackers
You do not buy IT from one company and security from another, then referee between them. One Brisbane-based team does both, so nothing falls in the gap.
- When a staff member cannot work
- They call, email or log a ticket, and the same team that set up their computer fixes it. We own it until it is fixed.
- When someone suspicious signs in
- Tools on every computer and every Microsoft 365 account are watched day and night. If someone gets hold of a password, the account is locked and the device cut off before they can do damage, then we call you.
- When a dodgy email gets through
- Phishing and fake invoice emails are filtered before they reach inboxes. When one slips past, we pull it from every mailbox and check whether anyone clicked.
- When files are lost or encrypted
- Backups are kept where an attacker cannot change them, and we test that they restore, so you are not finding out on the worst day of the year.
- When an insurer or customer asks for evidence
- The same work lines up with the Essential Eight and SMB1001, so the report you need already exists.
Looking for a local team? See managed IT services in Brisbane.
Other jobs the same team takes care of
- Buying computersWe source laptops and servers and set them up so they are ready to use when they arrive.
- Dealing with your other suppliersYour software vendors, internet provider and phone company call us, not you.
- Working alongside your IT personIf you have someone in-house, we take the work that overloads one person.
- Looking after Macs and phonesApple and Windows devices set up, updated and able to be locked if lost.
- Controlling who can reach whatStaff reach only the data their job needs, and only from devices we trust.
The case for managed security, in three numbers
The Verizon 2026 DBIR shows ransomware is overwhelmingly an SMB problem, credential theft remains the leading entry vector for that segment, and patching velocity is slipping. Managed IT and security exists to close those three gaps in one operational rhythm.
Read the Verizon 2026 DBIR96%
96% of ransomware victims in the DBIR dataset are small or medium businesses
Attackers run a volume model. Smaller operators are the easier mark, not the safer one.
38%
38% of SMB breaches started with compromised credentials
MFA on every account that matters is the highest-leverage control left for SMBs.
26%
26% of critical known-exploited vulnerabilities were fully remediated in 2025, down from 38% the year before
Patch programmes are slipping while attacker tooling speeds up. The gap widens every quarter.
Source: Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report. Dataset window Oct 2024 to Nov 2025. 31,000+ incidents and 22,000+ confirmed breaches across 145 countries.
The questions we get asked the most.
- What does a managed security provider in Brisbane actually do?
- It watches your computers, accounts and email for attackers and acts when something looks wrong. With Real Bytes, that means suspicious sign-ins are stopped, scam emails are filtered and backups are tested. We hold CyberCert Gold (SMB1001 Gold), and the same Brisbane engineers who do the security also fix your everyday IT problems.
- What is the difference between managed IT and managed IT security?
- Managed IT keeps things running: your staff get help, computers stay updated, email and backups are looked after. Security adds watching for attackers, stopping them and producing the evidence insurers ask for. We do both under one agreement, so no one has to work out which company is responsible when something goes wrong.
- Does a small business really need monitoring around the clock?
- In most cases, yes. Attackers now sign in with stolen passwords rather than break in, and they often do it at night or on weekends when no one is looking. Hiring your own overnight team is out of reach for most businesses, so we provide that watch as part of the service.
- Do you look after our network and Wi-Fi as well?
- Yes. Firewalls, office Wi-Fi and network equipment are set up and looked after by the same engineers who protect your computers and accounts. Having one team responsible for all of it means there is no gap between the layers and no finger pointing between suppliers when something stops working.
- Is your IT security service only for Brisbane businesses?
- No. We are Brisbane based and support businesses across Australia. Most of the work, including watching for attackers and looking after Microsoft 365, happens remotely, so it is the same wherever your offices are. When a job needs hands on equipment, we arrange for someone to come on site.
- How much does managed IT with security included cost?
- Managed IT with security included starts from approximately $85 per user per month, priced per user. The exact figure depends on your support model, headcount and whether you need certification work such as SMB1001 or Essential Eight uplift, which is quoted separately after a gap assessment.
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