The Help Desk

03/16/2024

Secure your WIFI. Ask us how.

Learn how to secure your Wi-Fi and router from cyber criminals.

03/16/2024

Secure your router. Ask us how?

Six years on, routers remain a favorite post for concealing malicious activities.

03/15/2024

Say Cheese

Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

03/14/2024

2FA should be part of your security, but not all of it.

An SMS routing company's exposed database was left online without a password, spilling 2FA codes and password reset links to the open web.

03/13/2024

You have friends in high places... maybe?

The dangers posed by the largely unregulated commercial data market prompted the Biden administration to try to prevent adversarial countries from exploiting Americans’ sensitive personal data.

03/12/2024

Stick with the RING.

Video doorbells sold on Amazon, Walmart, Sears, and other online retailers have serious security flaws, a Consumer Reports investigation finds.

03/11/2024

If you were going to protect anything.....🤦‍♂️🤦🏻‍♀️

Protecting yourself from data breaches

03/11/2024

Stick with the Ring....

Walmart and Temu pulled the affected doorbell cameras from their stores. Amazon and others have taken no action.

03/10/2024

How many open accounts do you have?

100 is too many passwords to remember, but you probably knew that: 90 percent of us worry about our vulnerable logins. Here's the answer.

03/10/2024

Are you secure on your WIFI network??

Learn how to secure your Wi-Fi and router from cyber criminals.

03/09/2024

Did you know the apple watch has a fall detector??

If Apple Watch detects a hard fall, it can help connect you to emergency services if needed.

03/09/2024

Did you miss last weeks newsletter?? We talk about your information on the internet...

Your digital footprint is bigger than you think and your personal information is everywhere.

02/06/2024

Newsletter coming today. Check out last weeks newsletter if you missed it...

New iPhone updates and security features

02/05/2024

Are using the Apple Password Manager??

Use iCloud Keychain on iPhone to keep website passkeys, passwords, credit card information, and other account information up to date across your other devices.

02/04/2024

Newest iPhone security feature will protect your information if your phone gets stolen.

The Stolen Device Protection feature tries to keep your iPhone secure after someone takes off with it. Here’s how the tool works.

02/03/2024

Did you read last weeks newsletter?

New iPhone updates and security features

02/03/2024

Check out this weeks newsletter. We talk about the newest iPhone security feature.

New iPhone updates and security features

01/29/2024

Credit cards are built for fraud better than debt cards.

Zero fraud liability, a policy many credit and debit cards advertise to consumers as a safety measure against theft or fraud, seems like a stand-up thing for card companies to do. Federal Law requires consumers not be liable for more than $50 in charges that result from lost or stolen card informati

01/28/2024

Learn how Apple protects your personal information, transaction data, and payment information when you use Apple Pay.

01/27/2024

Imagine going to buy a house and losing the entire down payment in an instant.

01/26/2024

Rare happy ending to wire fraud

Attorney Nicole Quinn will never forget the day she lost $240,000 of her client's money.

01/25/2024

Check out this weeks newsletter if you haven't already.

Don't let your computers attack you!!

01/24/2024

Here are the latest available updates from Apple. Secure your devices, stay up to date.

This document lists security updates and Rapid Security Responses for Apple software.

01/23/2024

The next entry of The Help Desk arrives today. Here's what you missed last wek:

Are you taking these steps to stay secure

01/22/2024

Delta Dental Hacked for customer data

Delta Dental of California Says 6,928,932 Individuals Affected by MOVEit Hack Delta Dental of California has recently confirmed that it was one of the Delta Dental of California and its affiliates have confirmed that they fell victim to the mass hacking of the MOVEit Transfer file transfer solution....

01/20/2024

Ever wonder what bad elements can do with your personal information?

What do hackers do with personal stolen data? Learn 6 ways cybercriminals can use your personal information they steal in data breaches and email hacks.

01/19/2024

Are you logging out of your accounts?? You should be.

Having your accounts logged into various devices can be useful, but it can leave you vulnerable. Keep intruders in check by logging out with these steps.

01/18/2024

Check out this weeks newsletter if you haven't already:

Are you taking these steps to stay secure

01/08/2024

Useful Information

Nursing homes and senior living facilities are vulnerable to cyberattacks, such as data breaches that hack personal and medical information.