All posts by Patrick Domingues
How To Fix Not Responding Windows Explorer
Are you having problems with windows explorer? Here are a few steps on how to fix windows explorer not responding or windows crashing issue. There is a Windows 10 feature in File Explorer called “Quick Access”. This feature allows you easy access files and folders you frequently use, either it be locally or on the…
Firefox 70 Tells You If Website Breached
Firefox 70 has been released for Windows, Mac, and Linux and with it comes additional protection like telling you if a website was breached. Firefox 70 also has a new ability for providing social tracking protection and the most awesome feature is that it has a integrated data breach notification service for your saved logins….
Top Email Phishing Scams
Email phishing scams have evolved to a point that makes it very difficult to tell which are real and which are fake. These days phishing emails are imitating legitimate brands and people to trick victims into providing money or providing credentials over an email or a fake landing page. Roughly one in four Americans in…
Is Microsoft Teams HIPAA Compliant?
Many still seem to wonder and ask what is Microsoft Teams and is this software questionable for use? This includes compliance and security officers in the Healthcare industry leading them to ask is this HIPAA Compliant? However lets go back to the basics, Microsoft Teams is a cloud platform that combines workplace chat, meetings, notes,…
Achieving Security with IoT (Internet of Things)
Our lives have been taken over with many many WiFi enabled capable devices. The internet of things (IoT) has quite a flaw which is security. Many vendors lax on providing security updates to their software that are used in smartphones, tablets, PC’s , Game Consoles , TV’s , your Fridge and many other devices. This…
The Best Home Lab For System Administrators
This home lab is great for anyone who is just starting off their IT career and looking to get a step up in knowledge by chasing after it. If your a System Administrator already get yourself a lab anyways because the more you know the better. Having a Home Lab builds your confidence because you…
How To Fix OneDrive High CPU Usage
OneDrive high CPU usage problem Open Task Manager, right-click the Microsoft OneDrive process and select End Task and the restart one drive to see if it works. If step one has not resolved the issue, open Task manager again and end the OneDrive process and exit OneDrive , afterwards navigate to the following location in…
What Are The Top Office365 HIPAA Mistakes
Office365 is a fantastic product, and it can certainly be HIPAA-compliant. But only if you take the time to set everything up the right way for the organization. Here the top Office365 HIPAA mistakes that we see organizations make: Free Outlook.com is not HIPAA compliant! Unfortunately, Microsoft’s HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) doesn’t cover their free…
Keeping Windows 7 Will Put Companies And Users At Risk
Keeping Windows 7 will put Companies and users at risk if they do not move onto Windows 10. Microsoft will terminate support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020 and this is coming up quickly there is not much time. It’s not just Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 that are approaching the end of…
Government Database On 92M Brazilians Found For Sale
A Government Database on 92 million Brazilians was found for sale on a dark web forum. Following a tip-off from a analyst known as Breach Radar, a BleepingComputer reporter investigated the auction of an alleged government database containing the personal information. It was found that the seller called X4Crow was claiming that the database includes…