2021-06-26
Steve McEvoy presented “Personal Cyber Security – Protecting Yourself from the Evils of the Internet” to the AAO 2021 Annual Session that was Virtual this year..
Are you one of MME’s clients? Do you have LogMeIn installed so I can remotely access your Mac to provide you with remote support? If so, LogMeIn requires you to grant it greater access to your Mac. A window notifying you of this will appear on your Mac’s screen. Please go ahead and give LogMeIn the access that it is requesting.
The window notifying you that you need to grant LogMeIn greater access should look like this:
MME Consulting Inc. (MME) uses LogMeIn Central to remotely control the vast majority of customer’s servers and workstations to help streamline our support services. We can also invite individuals to also gain remote access to their computers so they can work outside of the office. For enhance security and patient data protection, LogMeIn does require 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) for all LogMeIn accounts so getting started can be challenging for newcomers.
If you are receiving this document, it’s likely that you have been invited to connect to one of these systems. Once invited, you will receive an email from an MME Consulting, Inc. with a link to create your unique LogMeIn Account.
2020-03-06
Steve McEvoy presented “Personal Cyber Security – Protecting Yourself from the Evils of the Internet” to the Dolphin Users Meeting in Austin, TX.
2019-09-14
Steve McEvoy presented “Personal Cyber Security – How to Better Protect Yourself Online” to the GLAO/MASO Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
2019-03-03
Steve McEvoy presented “We do the craziest things with our computers: How to improve cybersecurity in your practice” to the Moyers Symposium – Ann Arbor, MI.
The presentation is available upon request by email.
2019-03-03
Steve McEvoy presented “We do the craziest things with our computers: How to improve cybersecurity in your practice” to the Moyers Symposium – Ann Arbor, MI.
The presentation is available upon request by email.
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We do the Stupidest Things Online
2019-02-28
Steve McEvoy presented “We do the Stupidest Things Online” to the Dolphin Users Meeting – Phoenix, AZ.
The presentation is available upon request by email.
What is a good password?
A good password is one that is sufficient to keep others out. Unfortunately what we’ve been doing in the past is no longer sufficient to combat the modern hacker. Our old password habits include:
- Short passwords can be hacked in seconds
- Passwords that are made up from guessable words like our kids names, etc.
- Even seemingly complex passwords made from special characters and numbers can be hacked in seconds or minutes now.
How would you know if your username and password have been hacked?
In recent times there have been a rash of email phishing scams that go something like this:
- They claim they have hacked you personally and have your username and password
- They show you the password to add validity to the claim and get your attention (which it certainly does)
- They say they have used your computer to record some form of bad behavior (adult or illegal websites, etc,)
- They threaten that they will make this behavior public if your don’t pay them
- They ask for some large amount of money in Bitcoins
Let me be clear – this is a scam. Don’t pay them or even bother to communicate with them. Throw out the emails.