ComputerPhreaks

01/29/2019

Friends don't let friends use the same email address and password for every site, get LastPass or 1Password, use a randomly generated password for EVERY SINGLE SITE. https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/

Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". Most of them won't have a tech background or be familiar with the concept of credential stuffing so I'm going to write this post for the masses

11/24/2018

11/23/2018

The Chromebook cases for Everybody Wins! Iowa turned out even better than expected. Thanks in Urbandale for such a fantastic job! www.russellstrophy.com

06/11/2018

Time for everyone to go upgrade their home routers to a new model and apply the latest firmware updates available after a full reset?

A few weeks ago we learned that a piece of sophisticated malware called VPNFilter infected more than 500,000 routers and other devices around the world. VPNFilter was spotted in some 54 countries, …

06/06/2018

Having a great time working with Everybody Wins! Iowa after dsmHack to get some of their IT processes modernized and easier to manage without a degree in rocket surgery. We've eliminated a couple pain points and reduced their monthly costs quite a bit, and hopefully we can reduce them even more by next school year. www.everybodywinsiowa.org

02/16/2018

Effective January 1, 2018 I've moved to providing primarily software development/DevOps consulting services through ComputerPhreaks, though I may still take on the occasional project pertaining to hardware/network upgrades and hope to continue my work with non-profit organizations through dsmHack and Tech Journey as well.

10/14/2016

Great idea to promote contributions to open source!

Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software.

08/30/2016

“You can’t devops without a yak ”

07/03/2016

So many approaches to education, and some are more fun than others.

I was homeschooled. My mom really wanted to have a highly structured and rigorous curriculum for us. She didn’t. She tried – lord knows the number of books she purchased at annual curriculum...

06/09/2016

Heads up support folks! TeamViewer confirms number of abused user accounts is “significant”

Investigation continues to show external password breaches are cause, spokesman says.

03/16/2016

Want 2FA security for your VPN but don't want to invest a ton? Check out Authy's open source OpenVPN integration.

authy-openvpn - Authy Open VPN Two-Factor Authentication

04/24/2014

Finally making progress on becoming an incorporated business, hoping to find a package waiting for me when I get home today.

04/17/2014

I love KeePass(X) on Windows and Linux, but have been using LastPass heavily for work and on Android, now I can sync the best of both worlds.

http://www.maketecheasier.com/import-keepassx-database-to-lastpass/

04/14/2014

Weekend project.....COMPLETE!

04/14/2014

Our ComputerPhreaks server and storage rack.