How to Reset or Create a Password for OpenVas
The password to access OpenVas vulnerability scanner with username ‘admin’ is created during the initial setup. At times you forget the password or want to reset it. This can be accomplished by resetting the password using the following command: To change admin password: sudo openvasmd -- --user=admin -- --new-password=letmein Then logon using admin for the username […]
Did Cambridge Analytica access your Facebook information? How to check and protect yourself
Starting this past Monday, Facebook started to inform users if their data may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica. The social media company is informing affected users at the top of “News Feeds.” The alert, titled “Protecting Your Information,” will be visible to users whose information was accessed by a third-party website and potentially shared […]
Important Message Regarding MyFitnessPal Account Security
NOTICE OF DATA BREACH To the MyFitnessPal Community: We are writing to notify you about an issue that may involve your MyFitnessPal account information. We understand that you value your privacy and we take the protection of your information seriously. What Happened? On March 25, 2018, we became aware that during February of this year […]
Baltimore becomes the third U.S. city in a week to be hacked
An article by Julius White at WEAA.org: Ransomware. Privacy. User Data. Facebook. Hacked. Those words and phrases have been all over the news in the past couple of weeks. Just last week, the City of Atlanta’s computer network was hacked and those responsible demanded $58,000 in ransomware to allow the city to regain its systems. […]