The Circuit's Edge

05/08/2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/05/04/new-paypal-warning-as-attacks-spike-by-600---take-action-now/

PayPal accounts are under attack — act now

05/03/2025

The FBI has shared 42,000 phishing domains tied to the LabHost cybercrime platform, one of the largest global phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms that was dismantled in April 2024.

11/05/2023

You're welcome, kids. 😎

09/12/2023

Recently a friend asked me about verification he was asked to give for an Item he was selling on Marketplace. His buyer said he wanted to make sure my friend was real and wanted him to verify the code he sent through a third party app that verifies sellers. It was actually a scam trying to tie a Google voice number to his phone:

https://www.aura.com/learn/google-voice-verification-code-scam #:~:text=Google%20Voice%20scams%20occur%20when,a%20number%20that%20they%20control.

09/17/2021

Just a friendly reminder... PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. We shared this a few months ago but feel like it’s a good time to share this friendly reminder 😉 We know a lot of you are spending extra time online these days. If you come across a "quick quiz" or a post on social media to share your personal information with your followers, please don't fill it out. It could give other people the ability to figure out your personal information. 🤔🚔

08/10/2020

Are you a Gboard user on Android? There are many features a lot of people don't know about such as easily moving the tiny cursor back to the middle of a word, creating shortcuts to your common phrases with just a short swype, and many more. Check it out!

Save time and get more accomplished with these super-useful Android keyboard shortcuts for Gboard.

08/10/2020

A colleague asked how to stop those pesky Windows 10 updates that seem to be installing constantly. A real nuisance when a classroom is trying to take a test. Here are the steps to do so: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-stop-updates-installing-automatically-windows-10 or for a Domain environment an entire group of PC's here can be paused here: https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/How-To-Disable-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-1709-through-GPO

In this guide, we'll show you four methods to stop automatic updates on Windows 10 and put you in charge again to decide when to download and install them.

05/24/2020

I just spoke with Amazon about the email below and it was not sent by Amazon. I am posting this in case anyone else receives an email such as this! BEWARE! The email address that it came from is not an email Amazon domain. Call before clicking anything this season!

04/16/2020

The Better Business Bureau cautions everyone to be aware of what they are sharing.