Archives 2014

Beware of fake support calls! The scam artists are at it again.  If you get a phone call reporting to be ‘Microsoft Support’, beware. Ring, Ring (You) Hello (Bad Guy)…

Back in August HP announced a voluntary recall for a number of their power adapters that came with laptops sold between September 2010 and June 2012. HP indicates that not all laptops…

What’s New New vulnerability pottentially affecting all USB devices.  At BlackHat 2014, Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell gave a presentation on what they called BadUSB, a vulnerability at the core of…

Important information for Mac users regarding the Shellshock bug The Shellshock bug was announced on 24 September as a vulnerability in the Bash shell, present on many Unix and Unix…

What’s New Get off your can and do what you can.  I’m excited about our program to refurbish previously loved Windows XP workstations with Ubuntu Linux and getting them in the…

What’s New Internet Explorer is the new Java?  According to the news, Internet Explorer seems to have dethroned Adobe and even Java as the most popular way the bad guys…

Beware of scammers trying to use phishing tactics like security notifications to lure you into clicking a malicious link The whole “there’s something horrible about to happen if you don’t…

Bad things keep happening to Internet Explorer.  Why that’s a big deal and what you can do to avoid it. What is Internet Explorer?  Internet Explorer or, ‘the big blue…

So, you’re sitting at home, perhaps on your computer and perhaps not, but the telephone rings.  On the other end is a very friendly person who identifies themself as an employee of…