Like we always say make sure you are very cautious of what you are replying to online via your email or even on websites. On June 6th this month a small group of hackers managed to gain access to a pay day advance company’s user data. Since the data the hackers gained access to had…
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With the implementation of IPv6 just behind us we are finding things that need addressed and fixed. It seems that at the top of the list is IPv6 traceability. Currently there are organizations that keep track of you has what IP addresses such as the American Registry for Internet Numbers or ARIN. ARIN hands out…
This past week Google reported that they have seen a number of state sponsored attacks on Gmail accounts. These attacks are meant to allow the hackers access to a users email account and any information they can find in it.Google reports that the latest attempts at hacking the site is from Internet Explorer holes in…
Google will be launching their first tablet developed in part by Asus. This long awaited tablet is expected to come with a 7-inch screen, a 1.3 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-care processor, a Nvidia ULP GeForce GPU, and come with Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean". The tablets representatives will not officially give out any cost or…
Facebook may soon be loosening its grip just a little on its service. The social media giant is planning to begin allowing children to sign up for its service. Currently if you are under the age of 13 they will not allow you to join the website (Not that this really prevents children from joining…
There are two browser extensions that that can make your browsing experience much more enjoyable. These extensions are available in the popular browsers such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. They can be easily configured to block unwanted tackers, scripts, or even videos and audio.Ghostery is a browser extension that blocks trackers. You can choose…
There are many password recovery tools that you can use to either recover or change your password to allow to access your account again. Some of these are free, some cost money for the program and some cost money for dependencies.The first program I am going to cover will be the NT Password and Registry…
Microsoft has finally made their own social network. It advertises itself to students, but can be used by anyone. They call it So.cl and it is really easy to sign up for. All you need is a Facebook account or a Windows Live account. You can create you So.cl page with either of those credentials,…
For decades up until recently many IT professionals, businesses, and home users alike utilized “Sneakernet”. What is Sneakernet you ask? Sneakernet is what refers to someone taking a floppy disk, CD/DVD, or USB flash drive or hard drive from one computer to the other to transfer data between them. In the past many people did…
Verizon, the world’s leading cellphone service company has now decided it’s going to take back what it has told its loyal subscribers. The Unlimited Data plan that everyone was supposedly grandfathered into are going to be no more. Verizon’s current CFO Fran Shammo, said the company plans to force its existing unlimited data plan customers…
There have been a rise in malicious updates in the past few months. It has gotten so out of hand that the FBI has published warnings to not update your computers or any unsigned software updates on any untrusted network. Basically the little pop-ups that you get that claims there is a newer version of…
Have you ever wanted to know what Internet activities have taken place on you computer. There are many reasons for wanting to do this including: parental control, employee auditing, or maybe even finding a page that you found but cannot find again. There are many way to this from just checking your browsing history to…