by Andrew Walters | Nov 5, 2017 | Featured, Passwords, Security
Passwords are the most common way we identify ourselves to services online.But not done right, they can be a real security weakness, and people can and do get hacked because of poor password choices. Passwords protect our e-mail accounts, our banking, our access to...
by Andrew Walters | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured, Security
Details of a serious security vulnerability in a Wi-Fi protocol everyone uses were made public overnight last night. The flaw could potentially be coupled with other security issues to take over nearby devices, although we don’t expect to see compound attacks...
by Andrew Walters | Sep 27, 2017 | Disaster recovery, Featured, Security
We’ve seen a few situations lately where people are backing data up to an external disc. Usually that disc is left plugged in to the computer for convenience. And often, the backups are done manually, when they happen to remember to do it. Unfortunately if...
by Andrew Walters | Aug 1, 2017 | Education, Security
This post led to a NZ Herald article covering this issue. Apple, we have a problem. On 26 July, 2017, US security researcher Nitay Artenstein of Exodus Intelligence published a write-up of a very serious security vulnerability in Broadcom’s BCM43xx series of...
