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Meltdown and Spectre Security Issues: What FileMaker and WordPress Users Need to Know

Meltdown and Spectre Security Issues: What FileMaker and WordPress Users Need to Know

Mainstream news sources are now reporting the security issue that affects nearly every modern processor out there including Intel, AMD, and ARM chips or about 80% of the market. A potential attacker … Read more about Meltdown and Spectre Security Issues: What FileMaker and WordPress Users Need to Know

Remote Access for Your On-Site FileMaker Server

Remote Access for Your On-Site FileMaker Server

This article will outline what you need to enable secure remote access for your on-site/on-premise FileMaker Server for your users and developers. While an increasing number of business are moving … Read more about Remote Access for Your On-Site FileMaker Server

Prevent Cyber Attacks and Identify Theft Over the Phone – Fake Geek Support

Prevent Cyber Attacks and Identify Theft Over the Phone – Fake Geek Support

I recently got a phone call that showed up on caller ID as from “Massachusetts”. A foreign voice answered. I recognized it immediately as a scam to steal information from my computer that could … Read more about Prevent Cyber Attacks and Identify Theft Over the Phone – Fake Geek Support

It is time to secure your web site!

It is time to secure your web site!

If you are currently hosting a non-SSL1 website that means information exchanged between your website and your users is not secure. The standard for securing this information is to encrypt data … Read more about It is time to secure your web site!

Concerning KRACK and Mac – the Wi-Fi security issue you need to know about

Concerning KRACK and Mac – the Wi-Fi security issue you need to know about

Update 2017-10-31: Apple fixes the KRACK issue with software updates Today, Apple released security updates for macOS El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra that includes a fix for the KRACK WPA2 bug, … Read more about Concerning KRACK and Mac – the Wi-Fi security issue you need to know about

New Spam Vectors for Apple Users: Calendar and Photos Invites

New Spam Vectors for Apple Users: Calendar and Photos Invites

Update: Response from Apple According to iMore, Apple is aware of the issue and has issued an official statement: "We are sorry that some of our users are receiving spam calendar invitations. We are … Read more about New Spam Vectors for Apple Users: Calendar and Photos Invites

Identifying Fake LinkedIn Profiles – Be Careful

Identifying Fake LinkedIn Profiles – Be Careful

LinkedIn is a powerful tool for business. However, I’ve received several requests from people I do not know to connect to them on LinkedIn. I’m pretty open about LinkedIn connections because many … Read more about Identifying Fake LinkedIn Profiles – Be Careful

2016 LuminFire Interview from DevCon

Many thanks to Donald Clark from FileMakerProGurus.com for this interview of LuminFire (formerly Cimbura.com) executives at the FileMaker DevCon 2016 in Las Vegas, NV. Gain insights into the … Read more about 2016 LuminFire Interview from DevCon

Recover a Stolen Macintosh with Undercover

Recover a Stolen Macintosh with Undercover

Update 9/20/19 Undercover is no longer being supported after 1/1/20. If you want to continue protecting your Mac, we recommend switching to HiddenApp. HiddenApp's mobile device recovery and … Read more about Recover a Stolen Macintosh with Undercover

Ransomware on the Mac

Ransomware on the Mac

Recently a ransomware attack was discovered that affects the Mac OS. The malware would encrypt your hard drive data and only allow access if you paid a fee. The Ransomware attacked the application … Read more about Ransomware on the Mac

Preventing WordPress Hacking Attempts

Question: In the last two weeks, all of my WordPress websites that are under my hostgator hosting account have been hacked. Hostgator is currently doing a scan for malware - but since that is what … Read more about Preventing WordPress Hacking Attempts

Should I Install MacKeeper?

Should I Install MacKeeper?

You've probably come across ads telling you that you can improve the performance of your computer by installing MacKeeper. While it's possible that MacKeeper may improve your Mac's performance, … Read more about Should I Install MacKeeper?

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