security

Hi, I was thinking of buying RF-based audio listening system for TV until I read that IR-based device despite its short and direct range is safer for health and has no delay compared to RF-based devices. Before that I read that people who use Bluetooth connection report longer delays than when...

I use a program called FileMaker. It stores some stuff in a directory called Container Cache. This directory seems to get cleaned for maintenance. This directory is helpful to me because it allows server-like access to web pages. Using this directory for my files works exceptionally well. The...

Hello, back in 2017, I used to play an online MMORPG game, and I was a part of that community for nearly two years before quitting in 2018-2019. After I quit that game, someone from that game began stalking me online. This person was able to find all of my social media accounts, including reddit...

Looking to add some outdoor cameras to my home. Ideally, I'd like a cost-effective system that's easy to maintain (so no replacing/charging batteries in the cameras), works at night (either IR or spotlights, though IR is preferred as I frequently use a telescope in my backyard), and doesn't...

I have never really used bluetooth devices so I am unfamiliar with the in's and out's, but the DS5 pairing directly with my laptop is nice for mobile gaming. If I am playing in a public place with wifi disabled and bluetooth on undiscoverable is there any risk of being hacked through it? This...

I visited local restaurant's website and clicked on contact tab to get their phone number, then i got redirected to a website named (don't remember exactly the link as i don't have access to logs anymore) robotcaptcha or something like that, closed that tab immediately. Then when i switched to...

Hi! This is a bit of a random question and I don't know if this is the right place. My wife has gotten a couple of emails pretending to be energy surveys or electricity rebates for me at my old address with my first and last name and old physical address on them. Normally I'd just mark them as...

Hello. I have a Night Owl WNIP2 wifi dvr and 4 wifi cameras around my property with a couple just almost out of range. In my head I imagine hooking cables up to the 2 rp-sma connectors on the drv then into some kind of amplifier and suddenly I get super-great connections to the cameras. I've...

I just realised that Windows Defender is turned off for some reason. I don't know when it turned off because when I installed Windows 11 it was working fine. Windows Security is blank: The service for it is also stopped and cannot be started. View: https://imgur.com/a/Yzl0cST Also this is...

What equipment to use? How to do it? I have an unreliable static mobile internet connection (functions through a SIM card in a router) which I use to monitor my home through a Wi-Fi security camera. There are no other options other than the mobile network for a way to connect to the internet...

When logging in to my bank-account they are asking for authentication through mobile phone or a code-calculator. Is there a method for checking the safety measures for these methods upon the more usual username and password login?

Hi, New member, trying to get a better understanding of 2FA. So Google sends me a "yes" or "no" to my phone to see if its me so I can log on. Other websites will send me a 6 digit code to manually enter so then I can log on. What is the difference? I understand very basic 2FA protocols and I...

Hey, definitely not a network or network security expert by any stretch, but I've been tasked with looking at protecting older computers on my network at work; as a means to protect those machines and the rest of the network. To give you guys some idea of the setup, all computers are wired in to...

I recently read an article about "bloodystealer" and got to thinking I should better secure my Steam account. It seems the universal answer (short of not downloading cracked games or using questionable links) is to use Steam Guard, with the 2FA using an app on your phone. I have an iPhone11...

I recently bought a WiFi repeater to cover a dead area in my house, and it works so well, I am a little concerned. All I had to do, was connect it to my WiFi network with the password, and now it seemlessly repeats my Internet signal. My devices don't seem to know they are communicating via the...

Recently my computer got infected with a virus, which encrypted all my files with a .zzla extension and demanded a payment to get them back. Since all my valuable data was backed up, i decided that i would just reset windows entirely and it would kill the virus. I reset it from the settings...

Wasn't sure which board to post this question. Majority of my passwords are unique for each site, so if something is breached it can't cascade to other accounts. When I log into one particular site using Chrome, I get an alert telling me my password was found in a data breach and should be...

Hello, i have a ryzen 7 2700 cpu and asrock b450m pro4 mainboard. In the bios settings i enabled ftmp. On windows security there shows that the storage is ready, but the attestation is not ready. I already tried to clear tmp. But it doesn't help. Can anyone help me?

Hello, I recently purchased a used Dell PowerConnect 6248 switch for use in LAN parties with my friends (I'm aware it's quite overkill), but I have absolutely zero experience with managed switches or anything network related. I am motivated to learn more about operating and configuring this...

Dear all 1. What is best security wise, Port forward or port trigger? 2. What ports shall I put in "Port target" and "Port trigger"? 3. CSGO use for example 27000-27031 UDP, so it opens up for 31 ports? Thank you for replying Best regards

Hi All I'm wanting to setup my camping/traveling gear with outside cook station and a freezer chest. I don't have any gear yet. Only a bunch of old off brand smart phone's and a few raspberry pi's SBC's. I want to have live access to cameras. I'm thinking loud bear horn and lights would keep...

Hi all How important is it to have the newest BIOS/motherboards for security on my home network ? Throw away laptop or look into custom flash for security fixes if is needed ?

Dear all I was looking through my Router settings, and this one confused me: https://prnt.sc/11a3iqc 1. Does it mean remote acccess to my network, or only remote access to the router? 2. The setting below, does it mean, that now everyone can get access to my network or router, from the...

Dear everyone I am not a high profile person or anything like that. I just dislike the idea, that someone with bad intentions could access my personal files, documents, photos etc. (personal diary, baby pictures of my children etc.) I am not worried about anyone getting a look at my internet...

Hello,my friend give me one external disk and me plug in this in my computer ( Dont scan yet ).Im use Avast free.If this external disk have a any malware can infected my computer?I'm talking about scanning before.Can malicious files leak into my computer before I scan, or can Avast block...

Hi everyone, I'm hoping for some Unix experts to sort this cafuffle. Recently, I was looking through documents on my phone and discovered a txt file named project.txt in the folder. Unfamiliar, I opened it in Docs and all it showed was: Unix 3.10.49.12476963 Can someone tell me exactly: why...

Woke up to my brave browser having randomly opened a tab for Xfinity's Gateway Login. Two other tabs had crashed and showed this error message: "Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.homedepot.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more...

Hi, I have 0 knowledge in these stuff, so bear with me please. I want to open a bank account in Europe (France), but I cannot travel so I found that I can open it online and then transfer money from my local bank. However I'm afraid that my pc is hacked or contains a virus that may steal my...

Hi All, I know about hardware but I have a major blind spot when it comes to data security in networking, so I need some guru advice and hope you can help. With Covid, I've been working from home for almost a year now. Just today, my job said we need to connect an IP phone to our home...

So I was scrolling about my PC to check everything was in order until i open my window security and it says both Cloud Delivered Protection and Automatic Sample Submission is managed by your Administrator. Now I am allergic to anything in MY PC that I as ADMINISTRATOR doesn't have full control...

Hello everyone! I use Windows 10 home Whenever I install some new software, the window appears, where I get asked the following: “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?” 1) Where can I see a list, with all the apps that has been granted access? 2) What parts of my...

The reason i'm asking I have relied on Windows Security Center as my own form of virus/malware protection since the release of Windows 10, and somehow I discovered I had a problem with it when I tried to add a folder into it's exclusion list, It wouldn't let me add anything. The ON/OFF Real...

hi there, i want to start learning about network, website security and other stuff u know? I mean, I always wanted to, but I never knew from where should i start! is there anybody that got some info about these?! i need a schematic of this major way to understand the deal and finding what stuff...

Hello. I have recorded a tutorial for a software and am looking for a way to add DRM to those video files so that those files could only be played from the computer or phone that has downloaded them, also the user should not be able to take a video capture from the file, if possible i prefer for...

Hello all. I am currently doing a project that is trying to determine how useful a personal cloud storage device would be for a business compared to using options such as Onedrive (as well as how economically viable it would be). As part of this project, I need to determine which would be the...

Hi, I belongs to software development industry, networking is a new field for me, my customer wants me to hire networking experts for the requirements mentioned below. (detailed requirements attached) S: No Services Count 1. Virtual Machines (Window & Linux) 60 2. MS...

Hi, Where do i find information about root-certificate on Chrome?

Guys Help. I have very rich steam account and I clicked suspicious scam link but downloaded nothing so how can I be sure my pc and steam acc are safe. I've scanned my pc, nothing found. I changed my passwords on steam acc and email. What happened.. I clicked on link where "shroud" (but it...

Good morning, first post here for me. I've tried to find some help over the italian tom's hw forum but with no luck (i'm from Italy, sorry for my english). I've got a 48 port Netgear GS348T managed switch with the following devices connected: -Port 1: Modem router TIM (italian internet...

I am pretty sure this is a core feature of WIndows.... But my son is Bipolar and ADHD. Some times he gets mind rushed, and forgets his pin, and locks out his computer. This is particularly no big deal, but when he gets like this it trigers him. My Partner or my self have to come log in him and...