security

How to stop robocalls – Jolly Roger Telephone

I wanted to share my experience filtering calls to my 90-year-old mother who has had her phone number for 60…

February 16, 2021

Netgear security update

Check your router for a vulnerability by entering the string below into your browser (change [router-address] to the IP address…

December 26, 2016

Yahoo! Mail security issues.

I'm seeing a lot of issues with Yahoo Mail accounts being compromised, so I’m posting my notes here and will…

March 17, 2013

Computer Backup Recommendations

This is the first in a series of reference articles that answer frequently asked questions from friends, family, and clients. …

April 28, 2012

Buffalo Technology AirStation N300 Wireless Router and AP Model WZR-HP-G300NH

My trusty Linksys WRT54G running Tomato firmware appeared to be dying.  My upload speed, as measured by speedtest.net, was in…

August 16, 2011

UPDATE: Google “advanced sign-in security”

When you bump into people at a funeral discussing e-mail security problems, you know it’s a mainstream issue.  A woman…

February 20, 2011

User registration

Due to 'bots registering fake users, I just disabled new user registration.  I'm not sure how I will handle this…

September 5, 2010

Stop Paying for Windows Security; Microsoft’s Security Tools Are Good Enough

  Stop Paying for Windows Security; Microsoft's Security Tools Are Good Enough I have been using Microsoft Security Essentials since…

June 10, 2010

Malware as twitter password reset

Wow.  This caught me by surprise this morning.  The message below (forwarded to Google Mail) looks legit, but if you…

June 3, 2010