Portative Technologies

07/09/2025

I've never put a USB thumb drive in my computer that I got in the mail. Not because of this issue but because of the threat of viruses. Here's an article that discusses a new trend to destroy your computers hardware when you plug it in. Beware ...

Plug and play shouldn't feel more like plug and pray.

06/20/2024

Love the coffee. Support your local business

Hello! My name is Sherry Watson and I am the owner of KentJava Bar Coffee Shop in downtown Corydon. The name is in memory of my late husband, Kent. We have been in business for 10 years; offering coffee and espresso drinks, smoothies, tea, energy refreshers, homemade pastries and a place to gather with your friends and family. We also have an upstairs seating area that can be rented out for small, private meetings or parties. We offer online ordering and curbside delivery. Stop in and see us when you can!

06/11/2024

Netgear WNR614 Routers are compromised with no fix coming.

The routers are end of life and will not be updated. If you have one of this model I would replace it.

We offer routers here. Call us and we will get you the right one for the job it is doing.

You can read more about the issue here:

Researchers found half a dozen vulnerabilities of varying severity impacting Netgear WNR614 N300, a budget-friendly router that proved popular among home users and small businesses.

03/13/2024

Our network will be offline for maintenance overnight tonight between 12am and 6am. We expect the outage to last around 3 hours.

05/03/2023

Malware and ransomware is being distributed using Google ads and sponsored links on Facebook, along with other platforms. It allows threat actors to stealthily take over and infect your computer.

These advertising campaigns impersonate websites and infect your computer when you click on the sponsored links.

None of these companies do any due diligence, they just take advertisers money and when they find out what is going on they take action but the bad guys are smart and just advertise another product, or sponsor something else to spread their infections.

My recommendation is to not click on ANY advertised or sponsored link on any platform.

As always, safe surfing.

12/05/2022

A TikTok challenge has been jumped on by cybercriminals, who are taking advantage of its popularity to try to trick people into downloading malware that steals their information.

The "Invisible Challenge" sees people use a filter to make their body appear see through, leaving just the silhouette visible. Some people are using the filter and then taking their clothes off on screen. They're naked, but the user doesn't see that because they are "invisible".

That's left some people wondering if they can remove the filter, after posting, in order to see the person actually naked.

ENTER THE SCAMMERS.

According to researchers at Checkmarx, scammers posted online that they had created an app that was able to remove the invisible body filter. All interested parties need to do is join the server to get the app.

Once joining, they are shown videos that supposedly show the results of the filter removing software.

However, instead of installing the app, what they actually get is an information stealer, which searches the infected device for passwords, cryptowallets, credit cards, Discord accounts, and any other files that might be interesting, and sends all of it to the attacker.

Then they'll receive a private message from a bot account asking them to give a star to the GitHub repository. The repository had at least 103 stars which may be a good indicator for the number of victims that installed the stealer.

DON"T FALL FOR IT.

Ever since the discovery, several elements of the attack have been reported and removed, but it doesn’t seem like the attackers are ready to give up on this profitable project. So, whatever you do, don’t follow up on the claims that the invisible filter can be removed. Also, if someone's used an invisible filter, that's because they don't want you to see the "invisible" portion, so don't try to find a workaround.

If you're using the filter yourself, it also works if you keep your clothes on. That way, if anyone actually finds a way to remove the filter, you won’t have caught yourself on camera.

BETTER YET, STAY AWAY FROM TIKTOK ALTOGETHER.

If you think you've been infected with the information stealer yourself, you should change the passwords that were stored in your browsers.

Also change or add 2FA to your online accounts wherever you can, and keep an eye on your bank and credit card statements.

As always, safe surfing.

10/06/2022

We are having problems today receiving calls to our office from AT&T cell phones. If you get a fast busy call our tech support line at 812-596-O414 Looks like Cricket as well - (owned by AT&T).

07/13/2022

I read last week that more than 90% of malware and viruses are delivered by email, asking the receiver to do something - it's called "CLICK BAIT." Don't fall victim to the world of hackers. Don't click on something that doesn't look right. Here's an example I got this morning in my email:

Most can be identified easily if you just take the time to look

First off I don't know who the sender is.

Second, note the improper english usage on the Subject Line. - "delivered in dhulsebus@port ..." not "to dhulsebus@port ..."

Third, when you hover your mouse over the links provided they don't come up as us and the don't go to the sender domain either.

Stay safe and don't fall for click bait. If it doesn't look right it probably isn't

06/07/2022

We will be making a few more network changes this Thursday between 12am and 2am. We expect the outage to be less than 1 hour. Thank you for your understanding as we continue to upgrade our systems for higher speeds. Just to be clear this is between Wednesday night at midnight and Thursday morning at 2am.

05/24/2022

During our maintenance windows we will be splicing fiber, replacing batteries, upgrading routers and replacing radios on both Thursday May 26th and Friday May 27th between 12:00AM and 6AM. I expect each outage to be less than 3 hours.

Thank you.