While I was visiting over New Year’s my sister recently picked out a Google Pixel 2 to replace her three-year-old Samsung phone with a cracked screen. I have an iPhone 6s and had no plans to get a new phone until next fall, but I was curious to do some more research on the Pixel 2 when I got home. I … [Read more...]
April 11th: Apple Workshop – Two-Factor Authentication
Rescheduled from March, this meeting will be of interest to both Apple and non-Apple users. Some of your accounts such as with Apple, Google, and Microsoft, can be made more secure with two-factor, or two-step, authentication. Accounts protected only by passwords are less secure because if someone … [Read more...]
March 14th: Apple Workshop – Two-Factor Authentication
Note: This month's Apple workshop is being canceled due to the expected winter storm. This will be of interest to both Apple and non-Apple users. Some of your accounts such as with Apple, Google, and Microsoft, can be made more secure with two-factor, or two-step, authentication. Accounts … [Read more...]
Sam Wexler APCUG Advisor Region 1 & new APCUG Speakers Bureau Chairman
How to minimize the risk and impact of identity fraud – From the Help Net Security website. Ctrl + Click on this link to read the article. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/02/03/minimize-impact-identity-fraud/ Be sure to use the readers view to refresh your memory on … [Read more...]
September 2016 Preview: Samsung Smartphones and Tablets
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 7:30 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Auditorium Presenters: Cindy Curran and Chris Cournoo This will be a first for DACS as we have two Samsung representatives from the Danbury Best Buy store to talk to us about Samsung mobile products. Of course, Samsung has a whole … [Read more...]
3-in-1 Android malware acts as ransomware, banking Trojan and infostealer
In one of my posts yesterday, I said that ransomeware did not seem to be out to steal your information, but that could change. Well, it has changed. Here is a report of the most opportunistic malware I've seen. You want to be particularly careful if you do banking from your phone or tablet as this … [Read more...]
Malware targets all Android phones — except those in Russia
Somehow I doubt this is a coincidence. I'm liking my new Windows 10 phone more each day. -- Jim Scheef From IT News: A malware program for Android seen advertised on Russian underground forums in the last few months appears to have made its first big debut. MazarBOT can take full control of … [Read more...]
Anyone Can Make a Mobile Application!
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 7:30 PM Location: Danbury Hospital Creasy Auditorium Presenter: Mike Kaltschnee Mike Kaltschnee from the Danbury Hackerspace will demonstrate how anyone can create a mobile application using MIT & Google's App Inventor. "You don't have to be a techie or … [Read more...]
Heartbleed Vulnerability – Mobile SIG April ’14
By Richard Corzo In April we discussed the Heartbleed vulnerability discovered in the OpenSSL code that many websites and some devices use to provide secure web connections. The vulnerability can allow access to sensitive data stored in the memory of the compromised server or device. It turns … [Read more...]
April 2014 Meeting Review: Android
By Richard Teasdale The topic of the evening at the DACS general meeting for April 2014 was the Android operating system. Our speaker was Jeff Postolowski, an enterprise administrator at Western Connecticut State University. Jeff has wide experience of operating systems (OSs) for many computing … [Read more...]