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05/17/2020

Due to Facebook blocking free expression, we'll be removing this and all other content from Facebook.

11/01/2019

If you use MLode for your email it's not just you that's having problems. They have been down all morning and their estimate for restoration of email service is "a few hours or several days." Their "status" page says they're not having any problems at all, but their email server and DNS are both down.

09/28/2019

This is an awesome computer and the price just makes it better. Call me when you're ready to set it up. :)

Acer Aspire TC-885-UA92 Desktop
* 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400
* 12GB DDR4
* 512GB SSD
* USB 3.1 Type C

Acer Aspire TC-885-UA92 Desktop PC comes with these specs: 9th Generation Intel Core i5-9400 Processor 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology up to 4.1GHz, Windows 10 Home, 12GB DDR4 2666MHz RAM Memory, Intel UHD Graphics 630, 8X DVD-Writer Double-Layer Drive (DVD-RW), 512GB SSD, High-Def Audio w...

09/10/2019

Today, is patch Tuesday! Turn your computer on. Please don't call, unless it's an emergency.

03/24/2019

Change your FB passwords. Be sure to use a new *unique* password.

Over half a billion Facebook users’ passwords sat unsecured on the company’s servers for years, the tech giant admitted, after an investigation uncovered the egregious bug – but it’s OK, only Facebook employees could access them.

03/10/2019

Another government agency hit by ransomware...$400,000 in taxpayer money down the drain because their IT dept did not adequately prepare.

A ransomware attack hit the computers of Jackson County, Georgia, reducing government activity to a crawl until officials decided to pay cybercriminals $400,000 in exchange for the file decryption key.

02/26/2019

Someone asked me last week how stupid someone would have to be to let ransomware onto their computers...and then actually be dumb enough to not only not have backups, but to pay the ransom. I'm not an expert in stupidity, but apparently Apex HCM is. Not only did it infect their computers, but they let the ransomware encrypt their off-site "disaster recovery" systems! This is why I tell everyone to PHYSICALLY DISCONNECT your backup drive when backups are completed.

[Ian Oxman, the company’s chief marketing officer, said the ransomware never touched customer data, but instead encrypted and disrupted everything in the company’s computer systems and at its off-site disaster recovery systems.]

Payroll software provider Apex Human Capital Management suffered a ransomware attack this week that severed payroll management services for hundreds of the company’s customers for nearly three days. Faced with the threat of an extended outage, Apex chose to pay the ransom demand and begin the proc...

02/20/2019

The primary concern of the article is how much money is being lost by Apple and individual app developers due to lost app and ad revenue - however, the enterprise certificates are able to install *anything* on your device, including malware and compromised apps like Safari that may tunnel all your "secure" traffic through an evil third party for analysis. Apple should require that each device "enroll" in the enterprise environment before these certificates could be used.

Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple Inc to distribute ha...

02/18/2019

02/12/2019

"This past week, I attended the Association of Personal Photo Organizer’s 4th annual conference in Anaheim, California, and there was one topic that stood out in my mind as a perfect blog post: your digital rights as a consumer."

Do you understand your digital rights as they pertain to your photos? Do you use Facebook, Google, Amazon or other services to store your photos? Read this!

02/12/2019

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