by technicalguy | Aug 24, 2018 | Security
How do you know if you have a good password? Hopefully you’re not still using your birth date, or phone number, or the name of your dog, or anything that directly relates to you. But how do you know if the password you have picked is good enough, secure enough?...
by technicalguy | Mar 17, 2017 | Network, Security
Discovered that some nefarious hacker is trying a brute force Remote Desktop attack to a Windows Server belonging to a customer of ours. They are working their way though various username and password combinations in the hope that one of them will work. Here’s...
by technicalguy | Aug 12, 2016 | Internet, Security
Make Chrome your default browser to protect yourself from security issues with the Edge browser. Windows 10 automatically makes Edge as the default browser. Windows 10 also makes the Edge browser the default viewer for PDF’s. This can cause security issues, like...
by technicalguy | May 25, 2015 | Security
A recent article by CBC News suggests that if you use fake security answers to online websites you may, in fact, be less secure than if you used real answers. Well that immediately got my attention because yes, I use fake security answers. Up to 37% off Samsung...
by technicalguy | Nov 28, 2014 | How to, Security
Someone by the name of Andri Cyber4rt attempted to hack our online billing system this morning at cloudpockets.com. They were unsuccessful, but it cost us two hours of assessment, troubleshooting, and changing passwords to our critical systems. We are putting this...
by technicalguy | Nov 5, 2014 | Backup, Computers, How to, Laptop, Network, Security, Software, Technology
Lets face it, sometime or another we all get sick. Whether it’s the rainy day sniffles or a full on flu, everyone has to at some point give our body the things we need to help ourselves get better. Your computer is no different; this complex, opus of technology...
