Check your forwarding rules. Email security is critical for everyone. It’s the account that controls most of your others. Need to reset a password? Or verify your identity for other reasons? You’ll probably get an email with a link. If…
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The 10 laws of computer security
Basic principles of IT security don’t change. Microsoft published a list of 10 computer security “laws” that do not change over time. These “immutable laws” (amusingly published as version 2.0) give a good, largely non-technical shot of reality into data…
The Coming Mac Threat (Revisited)
How we viewed security for the Mac in 2008. This is a republished article from MacUser magazine. In The Coming Mac Threat (Revisited) we look at how experts perceived security for the Mac back in 2008 and how well that…
12 Security Tips (revisited for 2021)
We look at how security advice has evolved in 6 years. How much has computer security changed in the last six years? In 2015, six years ago to the day, I published a 12-point security tips list. The goal was to…
Windows Security wants your Outlook password (over and over) – SOLVED
Scenario: Outlook on your Windows 10 PC has stopped working, continually asks for your username and password, but nothing you type will work. You’ve tried Googling it. Your Outlook password isn’t working! There is lots of advice about resetting Profiles,…