Blue Otter Group

05/06/2020

Attention Firefox users! Update Now!

Firefox’s latest version is out, with new password management features and a raft of security fixes.

01/14/2020

Today is the LAST day for Windows 7 support. Crooks know this. Please update to Windows 10 ASAP.

12/11/2019

Very valid and timely reminder to everyone this holiday season.

Thinking of giving a young person an internet-connected ‘smart’ toy this Christmas? You may want to think again.

11/29/2019

Here is a must read if you have HP solid state drives in your computer:

The company has revealed that many of its SSDs are set to permanently fail by default after 32,768 hours of operation.

09/26/2019

Double check your WordPress sites and remove the ‘Rich Reviews’ plug-in as there is a new major vulnerability discovered that can redirect visitors to other sites.

06/20/2019

Do you use FireFox? UPDATE NOW!

Mozilla has fixed a critical zero-day bug in the latest point releases of the Firefox web browser.

04/15/2019

Toddlers - some of the best technology testers in existence.

A father thought he’d been permanently locked out of his Apple iPad after his young son repeatedly entered an incorrect passcode.

03/25/2019

Happy Monday! In case you did not watch the news last week, CHANGE YOUR FACEBOOK PASSWORD NOW!

The social network kept hundreds of millions of user passwords unscrambled, and employees could search them.

03/07/2019

Seriously! RIGHT THIS MINUTE!

When a security expert on the Chrome team says, “update your Chrome installs… like right this minute” – well, here’s how to check!

02/17/2019

Patch Tuesday was this past week. Be sure to update Microsoft Windows, Adobe as well as Chrome and Firefox if you have not already!

01/20/2019

With the so called ‘data-berg’ that was discovered last week of 1.6 BILLION unique email addresses and related data, now is the time to change every single password you have. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

12/10/2018

Over 20,000 WordPress sites were brute-force attacked over the weekend by a massive botnet! Be sure to update your administrator login to be unique - not admin, folks! And update your passwords regularly!