The Friday Firewall – Issue #6 – September 11, 2026

Issue #6  |  September 11, 2026 Happy Friday! This week: a deadline that could quietly break email on your Mac, the biggest Patch Tuesday in Microsoft’s history and what it says about where security is headed, a P3C Mini-Group Buy on some seriously...

The Friday Firewall – Issue #5 – September 4, 2026

Issue #5  |  September 4, 2026 Happy Friday! Here’s what’s on deck this week: exactly what to do in the first hour of a cyberattack, a phishing email that got past filtering with no links in it at all, why your work VPN may quit after you switch...

The Friday Firewall – Issue #4 – August 28, 2026

Issue #4  |  August 28, 2026 Happy Friday! Here’s what’s on deck this week: a hardware tip that explains a slow laptop better than almost anything else, a real story off our helpdesk about a verification that verified nothing, a reminder about...

Securely Erasing a Hard Drive Before Returning to the Store

In this post, I’ll give you a quick tip on how to completely and securely erase your hard drive. Why would you want to do this? So your data does not fall into the wrong hands.  Depending on where you are sending the hard drive, you may have a different...