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Michael Klander
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PC repair, Windows support, House calls, in Bellingham, WA Washington. Whatcom County and the Salish Sea

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ASUS Live Update backdoor is still exploitable, seven years later.
CISA warns ASUS Live Update backdoor is still exploitable, seven years on
Seven years after the original attack, CISA has added the ASUS Live Update backdoor to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
www.malwarebytes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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DroidLock malware locks you out of your Android device and demands a ransom.

Here's how to stay safe.
DroidLock malware locks you out of your Android device and demands ransom
Researchers have found Android malware that holds your files and your device hostage until you pay the ransom.
www.malwarebytes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Attackers are using a tool called Evilginx to steal session cookies, letting them bypass the need for a multi-factor authentication (MFA) token."
The Evilginx phishing tool impersonates real sign‑in pages so everything looks normal, allowing attackers to steal login details and session cookies even after MFA.
Attackers have a new way to slip past your MFA
Attackers are using a tool called Evilginx to steal session cookies, letting them bypass the need for a multi-factor authentication (MFA) token.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hemochromatosis is an inherited disease in which the body absorbs too much iron from the diet.

Haemochromatosis
#Hemochromatosis
#Haemochromatosis

liver.ca/hemochromato...
Hemochromatosis | Liver Canada
Hemochromatosis is an inherited disease in which the body absorbs too much iron from the diet.
liver.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Dell PC vulnerability
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Protection against Remote Access
No one likes an unwanted guest. 😶

Malwarebytes for Windows now alerts you to Remote Desktop Programs installed on your machine, letting you know about programs on your device that attackers and tech support scammers could use to access your device and steal sensitive information.
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
SSD failure warning signs
October 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Data breach
October 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1980, the Bubbleator at Seattle Center carried its final passengers. historylink.org/File/22592
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Support for Office 2016 and 2019 ends in a few weeks. Here are your options
www.pcworld.com/article/2913...
Support for Office 2016 and 2019 ends in a few weeks. Here are your options
Once October 14th rolls around, there will be no more security updates for Office 2016 and 2019.
www.pcworld.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, frailty, arthritis and dementia.

Haemochromatosis #Haemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis #Hemochromatosis

#ironoverload
Those who carry two copies of a common genetic variant can develop hemochromatosis, a condition that causes iron overload, and resulting conditions such as liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, frailty, arthritis and dementia.
Genetic variant tied to doubled dementia risk for older men
Researchers looked at a gene that is critical to regulating the body’s iron levels.
wapo.st
September 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#CNBC CNBC.COM share button

Bluesky CEO: How I turned Twitter research project into rival company share.google/4xrurFRZofgl...
Bluesky CEO: I turned a Twitter research project into a rival company—'we've achieved what a lot of people said was impossible'
Under CEO Jay Graber, social media company Bluesky has grown to 38 million registered users while weathering large-scale challenges over the past few years.
share.google
August 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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I check my PC hardware’s speed with one Windows command. Here’s how
www.pcworld.com/article/2859...
I check my PC hardware's speed with one Windows command. Here's how
Get a snapshot of your PC's capability with this one simple Windows command.
www.pcworld.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🚀 Episode 101 of #ThisWeekInNET!
We explore how to build a real-time, decentralized social app, using Cloudflare Workers and ATProto, the protocol behind Bluesky.
Plus: a glimpse into Python notebooks on Cloudflare with marimo.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/h_wuYR4BEng
August 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Real-time, decentralized social apps — without running a single server. Here’s how to build and deploy an atproto app on Cloudflare Workers. blog.cloudflare.com/serverless-a...
Serverless Statusphere: a walk through building serverless ATProto applications on Cloudflare’s Developer Platform
Build and deploy real-time, decentralized Authenticated Transfer Protocol (ATProto) apps on Cloudflare Workers.
blog.cloudflare.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Advancements in Haemochromatosis Arthropathy Research

#Haemochromatosis

Advancements in Hemochromatosis Arthropathy Research

#Hemochromatosis
July 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Personal data & AI training
Millions of images of passports, credit cards, birth certificates, and other documents containing personally identifiable information are likely included in one of the biggest open-source AI training sets, new research has found.
A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data
Personally identifiable information has been found in DataComp CommonPool, one of the largest open-source data sets used to train image generation models.
www.technologyreview.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
No more buying movies from Microsoft
July 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Gmail’s multi-factor authentication bypassed by hackers in a social engineering attack that targets app passwords.
Gmail's multi-factor authentication bypassed by hackers to pull off targeted attacks
Russian hackers convinced targets to share their app passwords in very sophisticated and targeted social engineering attacks
www.malwarebytes.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Do you miss Windows 10?

Here's how to make the Windows 11 UI look and feel just like the previous OS, both with and without third-party tools!
Bring the "Windows 10 look" back to Windows 11 — Everything I changed to restore the desktop UI experience
Bring back (some of) the Windows 10 desktop UI on Windows 11 with these tweaks and tools.
www.windowscentral.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
AI, Windows 11 settings
June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.
June 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM