This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Phishing scams are a serious security and privacy threat to all online computer users. Phishing is the term used to describe how malicious people attempt to trick computer users…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Tech support phone scams are common the past few years. The western U.P and northern Wisconsin areas are not immune to these scams. Generally these scams include urgent warnings…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. In the news are reports of malware known as VPNFilter that is designed to infect routers. Estimates of infected routers range from 500,000 to 1 million devices. The malware…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Internet Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air Internet customers. About Fast-Air Internet Have you ever wondered how you connect to the Internet through Fast-Air Internet? Fast-Air Internet is an Internet Service Provider (ISP). An ISP is a person or group of people who…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Computers are complex tools. Even experts spend time looking for help to resolve computer issues. Typically users decide a computer is broken in some manner. Thanks to the incredible…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. While there might be 50 ways to leave a lover, there are thousands of ways to improve computer security. Understand that security is not a single, all-in-one solution. Security is a never-ending strategy of using many…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Computers users often are urged to keep systems patched with the latest security updates. One way malicious authors attempt to trick users into downloading their malware is to use…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Ensuring online security and privacy is challenging. A common related suggestion is to always use HTTPS. HTTP is an acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTPS is an acronym for…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Cryptomining is an activity where people try to create revenues through digital currencies. The activity requires significant computer CPU and GPU muscle. The more CPUs and GPUs involved the…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2015 Open Internet Order classified Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as telecommunications services. The classification provided FCC members more oversight powers over ISPs. The 2015 Order created three explicit rules for ISPs:…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Phishing scams are a serious security and privacy threat to all online computer users. Phishing is the term used to describe how malicious people attempt to trick computer users…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Software vulnerabilities were revealed with Western Digital “My Cloud” network attached storage devices. The My Cloud devices are common consumer data storage devices. The vulnerabilities include a hard-coded backdoor…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest newsletter topics. End of the year. Time to relax a little. How about some crazy but real computer messages? Keyboard not found. Hit F1 to continue. Your mouse is not working, please click here…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. A popular method for introducing malware onto computers is through Microsoft Office apps. Two common methods are getting the user to execute macros in an attachment or linking to…
This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Some news stories about security and privacy concerns with children toys that are enabled with Internet or Bluetooth connectivity. Strangers can talk to your child through ‘connected’ toys, investigation…