by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Jul 1, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
Google recently published a blog post that didn’t get much attention, but that outlines a major change to the way the company’s video collaboration tool “Meet” works. The blog post reads in part, as follows: “In the coming weeks,...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
A group of highly organized scammers have commandeered a pair of Youtube channels and renamed them to “SpaceX Live” and “SpaceX” in order to capitalize on the popularity of Elon Musk and his SpaceX company. SpaceX made headlines recently with...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 2019, a new strain of ransomware called Thanos burst onto the scene and has since been spreading quietly and seeing increased adoption by hackers around the world. The code has been traced to a Russian hacker going by the name Nosophorus, who has been offering the...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The hacking group calling themselves ‘The Shiny Hunters’ has been busy. Recently, they put databases containing user records from eleven different companies up for sale on the Dark Web, including a massive database containing some 40 million records...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Be advised that Microsoft has announced it will begin phasing out support of the 32-bit version of Windows 10, beginning with OEM’s. The change is effective as of the May 2020 release. Microsoft had this to say about the recent change: “Beginning with...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Google announced a pair of important security features of upcoming versions of its Chrome browser at this year’s I/O Developer Conference. Both changes are designed with the same goal in mind: To give users some additional tools to block or at least mitigate the...
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