How hackers breached Twitter – and what WE can learn from it On July 15th, Tweets were sent from 45 different accounts including those of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Obama, Apple and others. The attack did not crack any software or hardware security systems. They got access to the accounts by merely asking for…
Your computer stops responding… You’re typing on a Word document, and all of a sudden your cursor stops moving and your computer becomes unresponsive. You’ve just launched your browser and nothing is happening on your screen. You try to click it again, but the computer isn’t responding to anything you do. You left your computer…
Webex Tips for participating in a meeting This article will help prepare you to participant in Webex meetings by testing your computer and by guiding you to avoid some difficulties. While joining a meeting is very straight-forward, you may want to make sure that your computer’s camera, video, speakers and mic are configured correctly before…
The MS Office AutoSave feature can save you from disaster Have you ever forgotten to save a document and lost your work? Or the computer froze up before you could save that half-written report you’ve been working on for two hours? Microsoft’s AutoSave function was created to protect you from these events. But you…
Work remotely without feeling remote. Microsoft Teams is a hub for teamwork. It allows you to easily pull together individuals, no matter where they are, to share information, work collaboratively, and bridge their physical divide… be it the distance to their office down the hall, or to their home where they have been sequestered…
Access company resources and work productively from home If you are going to be working from home due to the spread of COVID-19, we provide a few guidelines to prepare you for it, especially for those of you who have not done so before, or have not done so for an extended period. You may…
IF KEEPING WINDOWS UP TO DATE WERE AS EASY AS REBOOTING ONCE A WEEK, WOULD YOU DO IT? Keep your Windows 10 computer running smoothly by making sure it gets updated at times convenient to you… if you don’t pay attention you may be putting your company’s data and your identity at risk. Fortunately, once…
Confirm the link BEFORE you click! We all know that underlined text represents a link to a file or page. Sometimes that text shows you the address of that item… or does it? The address displayed does not always reflect the actual address of the link, so *always* confirm the link address before clicking!…
Two minutes = safer habits! With the holiday celebrations, family gatherings and perhaps some much needed rest from work pervading your thoughts, you’re probably not thinking about cybersecurity. However, I encourage you to set aside just two minutes to take this security quiz to help you start the new year with safer online habits.…
Some of your credentials are most likely on the dark web! With all of the breaches that have happened over the last several years, I can almost guarantee that some of your credentials have ended up on the dark web. If they have, then you need to change those passwords… yesterday! With one click…
Please update your Chrome browser. A ‘High Severity’ zero-day exploit was discovered that is already active in the wild. On Halloween, when kids were dressing up to score some candy and scare their friends, Google engineers generated their own fear when they released information about two security issues with the popular Chrome browser. One…
Use a Formula to Create Unique and Secure Passwords Are you using the same password for multiple sites? Please read this article to determine if creating a simple formula may help you create unique and secure passwords for each of your accounts. You know that we should create unique passwords for each account, but with…
Get your computer issue resolved faster… these 8 important details will help identify the problem. Sometimes computers don’t do what we expect them to do. OK, perhaps more than sometimes. When they don’t, you want to get the problem resolved as quickly as possible. That’s where we, HDF & Associates, come in. We would like…
Phishing cybercriminals are still out there… but now they are customizing the attacks! Be on the lookout for customized Phishing emails! Cybercriminals have been taking the time to research your organization and craft customized emails to impersonate specific people to trick you into sending them money, credentials or identity information. These are called Spear…
Please protect your Windows 7 computer by keeping it patched. Even though Windows 7 was released back in 2009, it still receives patches to keep it protected against new vulnerabilities. The operating system lets you know when new patches are available by displaying one or more of the icons shown below (see “What to look…
Please keep your computer running, but reboot it every couple of days to keep it running optimally. We all know that the first thing most IT support folks will ask you to do to resolve a problem is to reboot your computer (You did reboot before you called, didn’t you?). But did you realize that…
