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Why I Chose 1Password To Replace LastPass
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…
LastPass Learns Dirty Tricks From Dear Old Dad
We’re at about the midpoint of the LastPass remake of Breaking Bad, where its misdeeds are starting to be glaring and it’s hard to be sympathetic. We’ve seen the show. We know how it ends. See, LastPass is following a path that was first blazed by its corporate parent…
Set Up Remote Access To Help Your Parents With Their Computer
Your parents need your help. Set up a remote connection to their computer so you can look over their hunched shoulders to lend a hand. It doesn’t matter if you’re not sure that you’re skilled enough – compared to them you are a wizard. I’ll give you several ways to…
Does Size Matter? It Does For Your Mouse Cursor
Does your mouse cursor disappear sometimes? How many times a day do you wiggle the mouse back and forth in frustration, trying to catch a glimpse of the pesky thing? It’s worse if you have dual monitors or an ultra-wide monitor – so much screen space to search! If you…
The Great Russia Hack 5: What Are They Doing To Our Nice Networks?
Quiet, isn’t it? We learned a couple of months ago that the Russians are embedded in almost every network that matters in our country, and nobody is talking about it. My guess is that tens of thousands of IT and security experts are crying themselves to sleep every…
The Great Russia Hack 4: How Did They Get Caught?
This is mostly about scary Russians but don’t skip it – there’s also an important lesson for you about your own security. The Russians hacked into Solarwinds in September 2019. (You didn’t know that. It’s six months earlier than all the reporting about this hack to…
The Great Russia Hack 3: The Solarwinds Story
If you’ve been following along, then you know that Russian hackers slipped malware into Solarwinds updates that went out to 18,000 corporate customers and government agencies last year. I hear you saying, whoa, slow down, cowboy! The hackers “slipped malware” into the…
The Great Russia Hack 2: How’d They Do It?
Forget what you know about hacking. Nation-state hackers work at an entirely different level. Imagine that you get hacked – the bad guys get the password to your mailbox, say. The next step for most hacking attacks is that the bad guys do something that you will…
The Great Russia Hack 1: Some Background About Cyber Warfare
Last month we discovered that Russian hackers have been running malware for almost a year in network servers used by thousands of large US companies and government agencies. It’s the largest espionage hack in history. As far as we know. We have all been suffering from…
Rules For Computer And Online Safety 2021
These are the rules for computer and online safety in 2021. Only your vigilance will protect you against bad guys. You will be safe if you are cautious. Stop and think before you click on links, before you call unfamiliar phone numbers, before you install programs,…