Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Internet down?

  Some sites hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) may appear to be down due to an outage at AWS>

11/25/2020  Not good for on-line shopping.

Monday, November 23, 2020

Cheap router equals Exploit?

  Recent research finds "backdoor" in several hone routers sold at Walmart and Amazon.


A "backdoor" is a port that ANYONE on the Internet can gain access to your home router, thus your home network from anywhere.

 The two KNOWN brands are Wavlink and Jetstream. If you have one of these brands or home routers, suggest you remove and purchase a more reputable brand.

Monday, November 16, 2020

Computer Club membership email fraud alert

 Received today (11/16/2020)from Sun City Computer Club to my member email address:

Received today (11/26/2020) yet another with different content

a note from a club board member asking i purchase gift cards in the amount of $600, forward the card number(s) to that board member with reimbursement this Wednesday.

 This is a fraud attempt. DO NOT purchase the gift cards. BE AWARE.

If you have received a similar email, report it to the FTC 

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov