FACEBOOK HACKED APRIL 2, 2021!!

Facebook Security, HACKED!!, Identity Theft

FACEBOOK HACKED – APRIL 2, 2021 Facebook HACKED – 500 Million users affected! (https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Half-a-billion-Facebook-users-may-have-had-their-16074940.php) (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-03/facebook-data-on-533-million-users-leaked-business-insider) This morning I got a call from one of my clients. They could no longer access their Facebook and worse yet, they could no longer reset the password using the email that the account was setup with many years ago.…

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Apple Avoidance (Rant), Black Friday and up to Four Years of Warranty from Costco!

Apple & Macs, Black Friday, Costco's Warranty

It’s this time of year that many clients ask what to buy and what minimums they should get when replacing their computer hardware. Black Friday is in another three weeks and the sales will be advertised…many of the laptops on sale are bare minimums with 4GB of RAM and older hard drives that will be…

Windows 7 End of Life January 14, 2020

Windows 7

Business, Disaster Avoidance, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8

End of Life January 14, 2020 In just about three months, Windows 7 will have it’s “End of Life” event, Microsoft announced this earlier this year. What this means is that between the time you read this newsletter/blog post and January 14, we need to have some concept of an upgrade path to Windows 10…

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Sextortions…Criminal Botnet

Disaster Avoidance, Email, Identity Theft, Online Safety, Phishing, Ransomware, Sextortion

Some of use have been getting these every day, every hour or even weekly: “Hi, I know one of your passwords is: ____________Your computer was infected with my private malware…..” and it goes on to threaten that you have been recorded “SATISFYING YOURSELF”. Of course my comic mind wants to know if they saw me…

Holiday Warnings, Phishing, WiFi & Public Charging Stations

Black Friday, Disaster Avoidance, Identity Theft, NordVPN, Online Safety, Phishing, Privacy, Ransomware

Holiday Warnings, Phishing, WiFi & Public Charging Stations Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving again! Yesterday I sent out an email with some information for Black Friday sales (https://mac-pc-assist.com/nordvpn-privacy-and-black-friday-deals/) and of course recommending a VPN for any public WiFi usage, yes, even those at Starbucks and such can be insecure if you are shopping or…