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Data Breach: Recommendations on how to protect yourself

This has become an all too common event these days.  I am glad my home state has taken the time to inform citizens via recommendations protect ourselves. Here is the latest information from New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Office.   Under Armour/MyFitnessPal Under Armour announced that, in February 2018, an unauthorized party obtained access to data associated […]

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SHA-1 based SSL Certificates are being Phased Out

Hello friends, The following post is to advice some of you that run public facing websites which use SSL.  Google Chrome  will start giving users Warning messages when accessing sites that use SHA-1 based SSL Certificates. By the way – This is scheduled to start happening in under a month form now. And if you are […]

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Secure Apache HTTPD from POODLE

If you are running Apache, as I do you may want to take steps to secure your system but making a slight adjustment to your configuration. By adding the simply line: SSLProtocol All -SSLv2 -SSLv3 The file location: /etc/apache2 The file name: apache2.conf Remember to always backup a configuration file before making changes. Once completed restart apache: […]

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October is Cyber Security Awareness Month

We all know the internet is a part of our day to day life. We use the Internet at work, home, for entertainment, and for social engagements. However, there are risks involved to our security which is only increasing. These risks include fraud, theft, social pressure abuse. No one, is immune to these threats. National […]