Category Archives: Security

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  4 Tests You Should Do on Your WiFi Router to Avoid Hacking

  Posted on January 19, 2018 by pcwrt in Router, Security, WiFi.

  In a previous post, I talked about how to secure your router WiFi. That’s only half of the puzzle. Another type of attack on your router comes directly from the Internet, without the need to connect to your WiFi signal. Due to the various security flaws on the home WiFi router, and the fact that […]

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  Five WiFi security settings and their effectiveness in securing your WiFi network

  Posted on November 13, 2017 by pcwrt in Router, Security, WiFi.

  Technologies change fast, what was once considered safe and secure may become vulnerable and obsolete by today’s standards. Here I’ll show five wireless security settings generally available on a WiFi router, and their effectiveness in securing your WiFi network. Disable SSID broadcast. It is often recommended that you should disable SSID broadcasting to make your […]

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  Is equifaxsecurity2017.com legit?

  Posted on September 9, 2017 by pcwrt in News, Security.

  Big news that Equifax leaked personal info of 143 million Americans. In the wake of the news, people were directed to check their status at the website www.equifaxsecurity2017.com. The domain name sounded fishy, in the same sense as someone claiming that ebay-security-alerts.com is an official Ebay site. So a lot of people are asking whether […]

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