Billions of Passwords Have Been hacked, Microsoft Says An alert from Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) is a warning to everyone about an increase in password spray attacks over the last 12 months. Password spraying is a form of brute force attack. where an attacker will use one password, for example, “mypassword1234” against millions of… Read More »
Go Passwordless with Your Microsoft Account This tip applies to both Windows 10 and Windows 11 Microsoft is encouraging users to go passwordless and is now rolling out passwordless sign-in options to all users with Microsoft accounts. No matter how much users are encouraged to use strong passwords, most users don’t. That’s why last year “password”… Read More »
uBlock Origin Can Help Keep You Safe We’ve noticed more often lately how many bad things can happen when advertisements are displayed. While it’s true, most advertisements can be annoying, most are benign. But many are not. Some are tech support repairs scams; some are useless but harmless scamware and freeware bundles; some contain links that… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #936 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #936, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, September 17, 2021, at approximately 8:10 AM, Eastern daylight time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. If you are… Read More »
But I’ve Got Nothing to Hide “Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my monkey” (John Lennon) I was reading some of the articles we wrote on privacy back in 2002 and 2003 and realized things have gotten even worse. We thought privacy was scarce back then, but it’s extinct now. We live in an… Read More »
Microsoft Warns of a Complex New Scheme to Steal your Login Details There is no end to the innovative and crafty idea that criminals devise to steal your money and your privacy. In our continuing efforts to keep you safe, we’re sharing a TechRadar article without you outlining the new critical warning from Microsoft’s cybersecurity team. … Read More »