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Time To Throw Out Java?

Several Java security vulnerabilities surfaced earlier this month that allow attackers to access computers visiting compromised or malicious websites. If you’re still reading, allow me to translate the previous sentence to English: if you visit a website that has code to take advantage of the Java security hole, then the code would install malware on your computer. If you’ve ever asked yourself “how did that virus/malware get on my computer?” this is one answer.

By |2022-10-10T16:30:22-07:00January 30th, 2013|Basic Tech Moves, Security|1 Comment

How To Make Your Passwords Easier To Remember And Harder To Guess

Imagine for a moment that your job is to break into personal accounts on websites and collect the data you find. What makes your job easy is that many fail to create good passwords to protect their personal accounts. You just need to run down a password list, such as the list of the 25 [...]

By |2022-10-10T16:30:22-07:00November 29th, 2012|Basic Tech Moves, Security|4 Comments

Is Google Telling You What You Want To Hear?

In the good old days (before 2009), you could do a Google search anywhere or on anyone's computer and consistently get the same results. Today when you do a search, Google takes into account your location, your search history and other information already on hand from Google related websites you may use. This is known as "personalization." Why is this a big deal? Read on to find out...

By |2022-10-10T16:30:23-07:00October 31st, 2012|Basic Tech Moves|1 Comment

Backup Your Valuables

Have you ever work up from a bad dream with very real anxiety that was then overcome by a deep feeling of relief when you realized it was just a dream? That is how it feels to lose critically important files and then remember you have it all backed up. With a current and working backup in place, it only takes a few clicks to make all well again.

By |2022-10-10T16:30:23-07:00September 26th, 2012|Basic Tech Moves|4 Comments

How to Be Less “Hackable”

Mat Honan, a technology journalist, had several of his cloud accounts “hacked” causing him to permanently lose email, documents, even pictures of his new born daughter. He wrote an article with all the details called How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking. […]

By |2022-10-10T16:30:23-07:00August 30th, 2012|Intermediate Tech Moves, Security|Comments Off on How to Be Less “Hackable”

Recognizing and Removing Malware

Even though we’ve taken steps to protect our computers, sometimes malware can still get on our computers: it could be someone else used our computers, or maybe some clever new piece of malware tricked us into installing it. In any case, there are several telltale signs that you’re infected, and several things you can do [...]

By |2022-10-10T16:30:24-07:00July 31st, 2012|Basic Tech Moves, Security|2 Comments

5 Steps to Protect Your Computer from Viruses

Everyday Google finds 9,500 new websites that are loaded with viruses or malware. With so many websites having malware and so many people surfing the internet, the risk to our computers and personal information is very real. Malware has the ability to damage and/or steal files from your computer, log the websites you visit and [...]

By |2022-10-10T16:30:24-07:00June 20th, 2012|Basic Tech Moves, Security|2 Comments

5 Tips to Keep Malware off Your Phone

Android malware is on the rise; the number of “samples” of malware has risen from 400 in June to over 15,000 in February. A piece of malware on your Android phone has the potential to track your location, access your contacts, make calls on your behalf, monitor your activity such as when your enter your [...]

By |2022-10-10T16:30:24-07:00May 16th, 2012|Basic Tech Moves, Security|1 Comment
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