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June 25, 2018 by John

Protect Yourself From Router Exploit

Router Exploit – VPNFilter

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past month or so, you will have heard about a router exploit making the rounds. The router exploit (or malware) is called VPNFilter. So far, it has infected over half a million devices in 54 countries around the … Continue reading

October 16, 2017 by John

MalwareBytes Update Issue

If you use MalwareBytes you need to be aware of a recent MalwareBytes update issue that could cause the software to disappear from your computer.

August 28, 2017 by John

Google Issues New HTTPS Guidelines

Google has issued new HTTPS guidelines due to take effect in October. Some of you may remember an email I sent out several months ago. The subject was Google’s push to get every site on the web secured by SSL encryption. Well, Google has now upped the ante.

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November 13, 2015 by John

Your Password Is No Good

The time-honored username/password model no longer works very well. The fact is that people have trouble with passwords. As a result, they make it easy for the bad guys to compromise their passwords and get access to things to which they should not have access. Learn why passwords are problematic and how to better secure important accounts on the web.

May 7, 2015 by John

Genicons Security Flaw in WordPress

Another round of updates was released today because of a Genicons security flaw in WordPress themes and plugins. WordPress was updated to version 4.2.2 to help deal with this issue proactively.