Tag Archives: security

Password vault

After posting yesterday about the challenge of changing passwords, today I came across this tutorial from Leo Laporte describing the installation and use of LastPass. Too much time devoted to the selection of a master password, but the rest is … Continue reading

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Passwords and Heartbleed

Yahoo! sent an email yesterday indicating that because of the Heartbleed vulnerability, my account was being locked and I needed to go through a process to change my password. I am a heavy Flickr user so this required a response. … Continue reading

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New online threat

This has been all over the Internet this evening – the heartbleed bug.  Here is an description from TechCrunch. For more information. Mashable suggestions for the sites that require password changes.

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Battle Mode

If want to live in the digital world, you have to learn a little about those who would take advantage of you. I found a message on my answering machine when I returned home from the weekend questioning a $5000 … Continue reading

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OpenDNS and Flashback Trojan

If you are concerned about the flashback trojan on the Mac, the use of OpenDNS now offers protection (TidBITS). OpenDNS is a service you use in place of a default domain name server to screen for inappropriate content, and now, … Continue reading

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Check Mac for Trojan

This Ars Technica post indicates that you Mac may have picked up a trojan. Evidently this may be one of the reasons you were notified of a java update a few days ago. I ran the test on one machine … Continue reading

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