Fake Email Generator
How often are we required to enter an email address before getting into a site or maybe to download a white paper or an ebook? We think nothing of it, just a door to go through to obtain what we were going after. Then we […]
Security
Virus, malware, and security in general
Orcus RAT Author Charged In Malware Scheme
In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT, a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him
Patch Tuesday, November 2019 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to plug security holes in its software, including patches to fix at least 74 weaknesses in various flavors of Windows and programs that run on top of it. The November updates include patches for a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer that
Study: Ransomware, Data Breaches at Hospitals tied to Uptick in Fatal Heart Attacks
Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts, a new study posits. Health industry experts say the
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How To Solve Problems Installing McAfee
A woman called me because she had purchased a copy of McAfee Antivirus and she couldn’t get it to install. She already had AVG installed, so I told her to uninstall that first. She couldn’t get it to uninstall. She brought her laptop down to
Here Come the Biometrics
Let me take a wild guess at something. Everyone who is reading this now hates going to the airport. No, I don’t mean you hate flying or traveling. I mean you hate going to the airport. The long lines, the constantly changing rules about baggage
“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards
“BriansClub,” one of the largest underground stores for buying stolen credit card data, has itself been hacked. The data stolen from BriansClub encompasses more than 26 million credit and debit card records taken from hacked online and brick-and-mortar retailers over the past four years, including
Steganos Privacy Suite 21 Overview & Giveaway
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Unchecky Software Fails
A number of people get so much junk and Malware on their systems simply by not paying attention during the installation of certain programs. They click next, next, next one too many times. There are programs that try to protect you from such third-party installations
Windows 10 Quick Tips – Page File Security
When you shut down your computer everything in memory is lost. That’s OK though because it has been saved somewhere– hopefully. The Page File, on the other hand, is kept on your drive which means anyone with access can snoop on what you’ve been doing
How To Avoid Internet Scams
In this day and age of vanishing privacy, feeling secure online seems like something you need a Ph.D. for. Everyone is asking for your data, cookies, personal information and more. Scams are looming over the everyday citizen of the internet and they’ve even made it
How To Remove Segurazo Virus
Crashing Video Drivers Or Malware My nephew, the last few days, had a problem with his video drivers crashing. Can’t remember its exact name or model but it was an NVIDIA GeForce. When I first tried to fix it I noticed he was almost out
How To Set Up Instagram 2-Step Verification
Since I work on many social media sites, my clients often ask, ‘How do I secure my accounts?’ This is a very important question since I don’t want someone getting into my accounts and my clients are of the same mind. A thief could do
Windows 10 Quick Tips – Remote Desktop
One of the first things I do after installing Windows is to disable some security holes. The first one I address is Remote Desktop. Remote Desktop can be a handy way to help someone with their computer when they are off-premises. Remote Registry is the