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Wink is Short on Cash: Smart Hub Users Notified Pay Up or Lose Access

May 16, 2020 | Applications, Business, Consumer, Home, Internet, Radio Show, Scalability, Security, Smart Home, Technology, Technology, Wink Smart Home Hub

Wink is Short on Cash: Smart Hub Users Notified Pay Up or Lose Access When businesses get short on cash, they only have a couple of solutions. It happened to a Worcester, MA cable smart home alarm system early this year and has happened recently to another smart-home...

Who Is Falling for COVID-19 Scams…Lots of People

May 2, 2020 | Agencies, Banking, Banking, Biological Viruses, Business, communication, Consumer, CoronaVirus, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Financial, fraudster, Government, Hackers, Internet, News, Phishing, Phishing, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, scam, Security, Smishing, Technology, Vishing

Who Is Falling for COVID-19 Scams…Lots of People Hackers are spreading their scams widely in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and unfortunately, tricking many people into clicking on these fraudulent spam offers. Having been sequestered in our homes and feel...

Secure Use of Computers in Public

Apr 28, 2020 | Business, Computers, Consumer, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Features, Hackers, iHeart, Internet, Public, Security, Technology, Vishing

Secure Use of Computers in Public Hi. Craig Peterson here with a blink into using computers in public. Most people have their own computers nowadays, but we are using them more-and-more in public. We are plugging our devices into random USB ports to charge them....

Pandemic Customers Buy but Amazon Can’t Deliver

Apr 25, 2020 | Amazon, Amazon, Applications, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, CEO, Consumer, Coronavirus, Corporate Reputation, Covid-19, Deliveries, Family, groceries, Home, Internet, Online, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Resources, Retail, Retail, Sales, Scalability, Shopping, shopping, Technology, Technology, Third - Party

Pandemic Customers Buy but Amazon Can’t Deliver With our shopping abilities deeply curtailed by this forced government self-isolation to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we have turned to those who can supply our needs through online shopping. Turns out that for many...

Hijacked Routers – Securing Them Requires Password Reset

Apr 25, 2020 | Best Practices, Business, Consumer, Cybercrime, Data Loss, Hackers, Hacking, Internet, Networking, Networking, Password Managers, Passwords, Patching, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Routers, Routers, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Technology, Updates

Hijacked Routers – Securing Them Requires Password Reset Hackers have found a way to hijack user accounts and change the user settings on Linksys routers that use Smart WiFi accounts. When this is done users are now redirected them to malware sites. The Smart...

Tencent: The biggest name in Entertainment

Apr 25, 2020 | Banking, Big Tech, Big Tech, Business, China, Consumer, Entertainment, Gaming, Global Supply Chain, Government Control, Internet, Nationstates, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, shopping, Technology, Technology, Tencent, TV

Tencent: The biggest name in Entertainment Tencent is a Chinese entertainment conglomerate who buys up every type of entertainment they can. These entertainments include movies, video games, music, comic books and even technology including messaging services that have...