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The Dragon that Guards the Data: No Pet Names in Passwords!

ByHenry Neufeld January 10, 2024

Li’l Mo says, “Don’t use my name in your passwords. You’ve plastered me all over the internet!!”

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Reminder: Install Only What You Want
ByHenry Neufeld April 4, 2014

I’m just calling attention to this again, because I so frequently find all kinds of utilities on people’s machines. They don’t know what they are and don’t use them. They come from add-ons to installations. I wrote about this just under a year ago, in a post titled Security and Performance Tip: Installing Software. The…

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Avoiding Facebook Hacks and Fakes
ByHenry Neufeld June 26, 2013

Top 3 Myths about Hackers on Facebook from thatsnonsense.com provides some good information, though in my experience trying to explain to people the difference between being hacked and having installed rogue software is usually futile. All they know is their computer is doing something they didn’t plan, and they want it to stop. It’s difficult…

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Ransomware Checklist
ByHenry Neufeld July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

Barracuda, whose software I use for the IT side of my business provides a checklist for response to ransomware attacks. This checklist is aimed at managed service providers, which is what I have done since 1995, though I’m slowing down now. I had two clients in that time hit by ransomware attacks. Both recovered, primarily…

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Spoofed or Hacked?
ByHenry Neufeld November 23, 2018November 23, 2018

Spoof emails can be convincing if they contain the right information. Further, how do you know whether you have actually been hacked? Here are some tips.

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Wordfence Lists Top Security Analysis Tools
ByHenry Neufeld June 26, 2018

Wordfence Lists Top Security Analysis Tools, and it is generally worthwhile to read their material.

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Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit
ByHenry Neufeld March 19, 2013March 19, 2013

I recommend Malwarebytes Anti-Malware regularly. I like to call it the “biggest broom” for sweeping out a computer that has been infected. I want to alert you to a new tool from the same company, Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit (HT: TechRepublic). It’s still in Beta, but is quite well along in that testing. Be sure to read…

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