Montauk Computers

05/16/2022

The Montauk Fire Department provided some much needed assistance in doing some routine maintenance on the 2.5 Mile Long-Range Internet connection we set up five years ago for the Montauk Point Lighthouse. Thanks to all involved for your help!

03/30/2022

Please be advised:

Emergency patches fix just one very serious flaw

10/25/2021

Please be advised. Everyone should check their systems to make sure you have not been infected by this new threat which impacts software by Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Instagram, Google, Slack, Mozilla, Discord, Elastic, Intuit, Reddit, and many more well-known companies.

You can use a program called Search Everything to look for a couple of tell-tale files named: jsextension.exe (Windows) or jsextension (Linux)

For Windows users, you should scan your device for a create.dll file and delete it immediately.

While only Windows was infected with a password-stealing Trojan, it is wise for Linux users to also assume their device was fully compromised.

Visit: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-npm-library-hijacked-to-install-password-stealers-miners/amp/ for full details.

Hackers hijacked the popular UA-Parser-JS NPM library, with millions of downloads a week, to infect Linux and Windows devices with cryptominers and password-stealing trojans in a supply-chain attack.

04/26/2021

This is of interest to all out clients. Please plan accordingly.

The semiconductor shortage is affecting firms from carmakers to smartphone manufacturers.

02/20/2021

We are so happy to announce some new content on the Montauk Lighthouse web site we helped them produce to provide an interactive first hand glimpse of the site including 360° photography for the virtual walk-around and setting up 3 web cams in the top of the lighthouse tower. Enjoy!!!

A National Historic Landmark

02/08/2021

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-phishing-attack-uses-morse-code-to-hide-malicious-urls

Beware of this new phishing attack that uses Morse Code embedded in JavaScript to get past malware detection and trick you into giving up your Microsoft password

01/28/2021

CRITICAL ALERT: NAT Slipstreaming 2.0 - Now, “attackers [can] fool the NAT in such a way that it will create incoming paths to any device on the internal network, and not only to the victim device that clicked on the link,” they explained, in a blog posting on Tuesday.

https://threatpost.com/remote-attackers-internal-network-devices-nat-slipstreaming/163400/

Update your web browser IMMEDIATELY to the latest version to mitigate the risk of this type of attack.

A new version of NAT slipstreaming allows cybercriminals an easy path to devices that aren't connected to the internet.

01/16/2021

Finally!!! A reasonably priced / fast / reliable way to provide secondary, redundant Broadband Internet access using 4G/5G for those who are using POS, Credit Card processing and Cloud-based business systems at their locations. Business stays up even if Cable Modem goes down!! Call us today at 631.668.6402 if your business needs the reliability of an automatic fail-over, redundant Broadband Internet connection.

03/30/2020

We've been helping many clients recently with setting up Remote Desktop access to their PC's in the wake of the COVID19 shut down. If you or your employees assistance getting set up to work remotely we can help. Call us at 631.668.6402

01/08/2018

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/4/16848976/how-to-protect-windows-pc-meltdown-security-flaw

Everything we know so far

09/08/2017

Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/equifax-cyberattack.html?referer=https://news.google.com

07/04/2017

We have completed a new website for Surfside Inn. Check out
www.surfsideinnmontauk.com