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- Krebs on Security
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- U.S. Charges Russian Man as Boss of LockBit Ransomware Group
- Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims
- Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years
- FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data
- Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme
- Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?
- Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak
- Why CISA is Warning CISOs About a Breach at Sisense
Tag Archives: Internet
Microsoft Research TCP Analyzer – Check Out Your Network
Microsoft Research TCP Analyzer (Link) is a network analyzer that allows you to analyze network traces of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections. Given a Microsoft Network Monitor trace, the analyzer provides various performance statistics and visualizations for the captured TCP … Continue reading
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Tagged freeware, Information Technology, Internet, Microsoft, network, network analysis, networking, Software, Windows, windows 7, Windows XP
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Truly reset the TCP/IP stack – Fix network/internet problems
Having connection issues and no viruses or malware? Hardware OK? Try typing the following at a command prompt to fully reset the TCP/IP Stack- netsh winsock reset netsh int ip reset netsh interface ipv4 reset netsh interface ipv6 reset netsh interface … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, computer troubleshooting, Computers, help desk, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server
Tagged Internet, internet issues, network issues, troubleshooting, windows networking, Winsock
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Want a fast and safer browser? Try Brave
Brave browser is an excellent browser for speed and safety. Speed and Safety Blocks trackers and intrusive ads Prevents the 60% page load time latency by blocking ads Prevents the 20% load time latency from underlying code or scripts try … Continue reading
Internet or network application slow? You may need to temporarily disable Nagle’s Algorithm
With the Nagle-Algorithm, Windows takes small packets and packages them in to more manageable and efficient sizes. If you have poor latency, you might try to disable the Nagle-Algorithm. Nagle’s algorithm helps to control congestion when small packets are … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, help desk, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Tagged Internet, internet troubleshooting, Nagle's Algorithm, networking, Windows 10, windows networking
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Open a lot of tabs in Chrome? Is your computer sluggish? Here’s what you can do
If you are an internet surfer and open a ton of tabs, you may notice that your computer has become sluggish. Many times this can be from using a lot of memory usage (caused by a website) in Chrome. … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, help desk, Information Technology, Mac, Microsoft, Technology, troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 10
Tagged chrome, Internet, troubleshooting, Windows
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Check your router’s security – F-Secure Router Check
Has your router been compromised? Is it secure? With F-Secure’s Router Check, you can check to see if your router provides a secure connection to the internet. Many routers today are older and some manufacturers have abandoned firmware updates. … Continue reading
Posted in Home Networking, Networking, Technology
Tagged DNS Posioning, Hacking, Internet, Network Security
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MTU Settings for Ubuntu
Setting your MTU settings adjust your internet connection. With my connection, a default setting of 1500 causes some webpages not to display at all (i.e. Ebay, Microsoft, etc.) My optimal settings are 1492 to change yours, open a terminal and … Continue reading
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Tagged Debian, Internet, Linux, network, networking, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Networking, Ubuntu Tweak
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Debug Your Internet with ICSI Netalyzr
This analyzer helps you to debug dozens of features that have a direct effect on your internet connection. From Berkeley, this analyzer loads a small Java file to your computer. Link
Sometimes you travel the world to get to where you are going…
Jay, one of our students, was using a visual trace route on his iPad to see how many hops it took to go from Shelbyville, Tn. to a business in Ohio. Amazingly he went from – Shelbyville, TN Murfreesboro, TN … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Computer hardware, Computers, Education, Home Networking, network, Windows
Tagged Education, how the internet works, Internet, slow internet
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Do you know about decimal formats and websites?
Over the years, you have learned that you can go to a website by simply typing the name of the website. Such as – http://www.wordpress.com Did you know if you ping it, it will return the webserver’s address and you … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, Computers, Information Technology, Internet, network, Networking
Tagged Internet, ip addresses, network, networking
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Vista, 7 and 8 Networking Woes – Fixed
These tips work on Snap Servers and NAS devices that say they are NOT Vista, 7 and 8 capable and XP workstations that will not connect. Option 1 When connecting Vista, 7 or 8 to XP, if you have problems, … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Technology
Tagged Computer, computer industry, computer repair, computer technology, Computers, Information Technology, Internet, nas, network, networking, snap server, Storage, Technology, Vista, vista networking, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Wireless, XP
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Streaming TV, Movies and more with Rabbit TV?
There’s big talk about Rabbit TV, the usb stick that delivers TV, live streaming, movies and more. Curious about any technology that is out there, I purchased one for $9.99 at a local drug store with a one year free … Continue reading
Experts hope for another failure in next Anonymous attack
“Anonymous’ failed attack against Israeli websites last month has left security experts cautiously optimistic that the hacktivist group will be unsuccessful in its plans to disrupt U.S. government and banking sites. Anonymous plans to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology
Tagged anonymous attacks, hackers, Hacking, Internet, internet security, Network Security
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Unseen, All-Out Cyber War on the U.S. has Begun
“There’s a war going on, and it’s raging here at home — not in the streets or the fields, but on the Internet. You can think of it as a war on the digital homeland. If you work for a … Continue reading
How long will it take to crack your password?
Mickey found a great site that gives the approximate time it will take to break your password. The site, howsecureismypassword.net gives the approximate time and a background color that indicates how secure your password is. There are other things to … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Computer Security, Computers, Hacking, Home Networking, Information Technology, network, Networking, Technology, Windows
Tagged apple, Computers, hackers, Hacking, Internet, Linux, networking, Windows
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See cyber attacks as they happen
The website sicherheitstacho.edu shows cyber attacks as they happen. Currently with 97 sensors, the site gives information about malicious activities on the web.
Posted in Computer Security, Information Technology, Technology
Tagged botnets, cyber attacks, Hacking, Internet, internet monitoring, Malware, Viruses
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Test your ISP’s Quality
Almost everyone is familiar with testing their internet for speed. With sites such as Testmy.net, a true internet speed test and Speedtest.net, you can see how fast your internet is (download and upload speeds) performing. But what about quality? … Continue reading
How long will it take a file to transfer on a network or to download?
Numion has several excellent tools in order to estimate how long it takes a file to transfer on a network or to be downloaded from the internet. Of course these are estimates that are affected by overhead and other … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Download speed, file transfer speed, Internet, Linux, mac, network, networking, Windows, Wireless
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2013 Cyber Threats
2013 Predictions – Cyber Threats Steve As BYOD takes off in the workplace and in education, the use of social media along with emails on BYOD devices will cause infections and loss of data IDS/IPS systems along with firewalls that … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, Computers, Education, Information Technology, Internet, Networking, Technology, Wireless
Tagged apple, BYOD, cloud computing, Hacking, Internet, Linux, mac, Windows
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