Apr 29, 2021 | Facebook, LinkedIn, Privacy, security
There was a bit of a fuss earlier this month when personal data turned up on the dark web for more than 500 million Facebook users, including name, phone number, gender, marital status, city/country, and occupation. The response was pretty muted. Security experts...
Apr 4, 2021 | news, Politics, security
It’s story time! Sit back and relax, I have a good one for you today. It’s not my story – all the credit belongs to Greg Miller and the Washington Post, who wrote a bombshell article about it a year ago. I’m going to boil it down to a thousand words because I...
Mar 28, 2021 | Amazon, Facebook, Google, LastPass, Privacy, security, web_services
It seems like everyone is using the sign-in screen that invites you to “Sign in with Facebook” to a website that is not Facebook. Facebook and Google turn up most often but you might also see the option to sign in with Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Instagram, or others....
Mar 10, 2021 | mail, Microsoft, Office 365, security
Hackers have infiltrated tens of thousands of servers running Exchange mailboxes. It’s a huge cybersecurity event, rivaling the severity of the Solarwinds Russia hack. Before we get to the details, let’s put some of you at ease. Microsoft’s online Office 365 mailboxes...
Mar 7, 2021 | Android, Apple, phone, security
The Bobcat loader pitched over the embankment and overturned in a ravine, trapping the driver and knocking him unconscious for several minutes. The driver, Chuck Walker, had seven broken ribs and four broken thoracic vertebrae. The exits from the Bobcat loader were...
Feb 25, 2021 | Android, Apple, Chrome, LastPass, security, web_services, Windows10
I’m going to tell you a couple of useful things that I’ve figured out about 1Password, but I need to include a little preface because I’ve been pushing LastPass for more than 10 years and a lot of you use it. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT You don’t have to stop using...
