It is time to block AI bots
I think it is best to block AI bots. I use Cloudflare as the CDN for the whole website. It is quite easy to make it happen. Cloudflare AI Bots setting You can choose to block AI bots by activating...
Tag: security
There is another wave of DoS attacking
Here we go. I found the websites are not available at noon. I checked the server status. All good. But the websites return a 404 error. OK, I just restarted the PHP-FPM service. Because the static page is OK. So...
One record of Layer 7 DoS Attact
Today, I received an email from a website monitoring service. It said my site was down. 1) The very first step is to try the website. The browser can not open it. 2) I sign in to the PVE, and...
Problem of Sogou Pinyin IME
I used Sogou Pinyin IME for many years. It is easy to use. Save your time, the conclusion is: Do not use Sogou Pinyin IME. https://shurufa.sogou.com/ Here is the problem I found last month. The blue circle with the mouse...
Upgrade Mastodon from 4.2.5 to 4.2.6 to 4.2.7
I just finished the upgrades of my Mastodon instance. I saw this notice a few days ago. I just have no time to do it. I flew to San Francisco last week. To look after my father-in-law. He received surgery...
Critical security Update of my Mastodon instance to v4.2.5
It is just a week since I upgraded my Mastodon from 4.2.3 to v4.2.4. Today, I saw this critical update notice when I checked the Maston instance this morning. So, I went to the official release v4.2.5 notes to see...
Upgrade the PC BIOS firmware
It is time to check the BIOS version of my PC. I do regular maintenance for a few months. The upgrade procedure is the same as before. The motherboard is Asus PRIME B450M-A II. The version of BIOS on the...
How to Eliminate Attacks on Your Network
Cyberattacks are, in some ways, an invisible and unpredictable threat, but they can have awful consequences for businesses of all sizes. Around a quarter of businesses will fall victim to a cyberattack, so it is important to prepare for the...
How to Protect Your Smartphone from Online Threats
Every day, hundreds of people have their smartphone hacked, exposing important data like contacts and even credit card details to criminals that prey upon poorly protected phones. Whenever your phone connects to the internet, it is at risk from hacking...
How to build an Nginx with Brotli and TLS 1.3 support
It is a record of how I build an Nginx with Brotli compression and TLS 1.3 support. I use it on my Linode VPS. It is a Nanon type of VPS at Fremont, CA, USA. 1GB RAM, 25GB storage,...
Firefox help you to check your account breach
Firefox provides a new service, Firefox Monitor. You can check how much your personal data breach on the Internet. Just enter the email address which you used on the Internet. Click search Firefox Monitor. For example, I entered an email...
Another Facebook security failure: millions of records leaked
540 million data records of Facebook users were compromised after third-party apps and sites stored the data on unsecured servers. The leaked information included comments, likes, reactions, account names, and FB IDs, and some email addresses. The app called At...
Google to kill Google+ because of big data leak
Some time ago, on October 8, 2018, Google came out and admitted to a data breach in its Google+ social network, because of a software bug. This bug resulted in close to 500,000 user accounts getting compromised. There is...
Do not use Google Authenticator
After I change my old smartphone to LG Q6, I would like to transfer all apps to it. I used Google Authenticator for a bunch of websites as the Two-factor Authentication. I just found Google Authenticator cannot move all these...
4 Ways You Can Simplify How You Check-in Visitors To Your Premises
Visitor Access Management is a tricky subject for security experts. This is especially true for secure locations such as hospitals, schools, and office buildings. Visitor management has two sides to it – location security and visitor hospitality. Neither do you...