Security: Protection Against Cryptware Wannacry

You heard perhaps last day’s about the major problems of Attacks to Systems with the “WannaCry” Crypto Ware Howto protect yourself? Enable the Firewall on Windows Systems!! Always! Update daily the Virus Scanners and Windows Patches! Disable and CLOSE Ports you never need! SMB Protocol is a open unencrypted Transfer Protocol! Use a second Router … Read more

MediaWiki: Purge All Users hold Page Content

If you use MediaWiki to hold your Infos, you perhaps want to Mirror the wiki to other Locations or drop all Users but hold the Content? You can do it with onboard tools: On the Source: Login into the Console of the Webserver go to /webspace/wiki/maintenance run here: php  dumpBackup.php –full > backup.xml tar or … Read more

Chrome Browser: Disable Password Passphrase Autologin Seahorse

Today i got a call and was asked how to STOP Seahorse from asking with a Passphrase Popup after opening Chrome or Chromium Browser: Seems that google implementated a new Tool for Security to Prevent Access to STORED Browser Passwords, BUT this won’t work on Desktops with USER AUTOLOGIN like Lightdm! Howto: open a Terminal an enter … Read more

Google: Chrome Browser RSS Reader

If you use a Chrome or Chromium Browser, the google RSS Extension can help you to stay “up to date” Howto install: Open the Browser and enter: chrome://extensions select “get more extensions” now on the App Store filter “by google” left and search rss google install it then you will find the installed tool on … Read more

Android: Amazon Fire TV replace App Starter

If you have a Amazon Fire TV Stick and you was touched by the “forced” Firmware Update from 5.2.1.2 to later. You will see now a full blown Advertisement Screen on Start which plays Advertisements Videos on Scroll down Button (Ads Video Autostart with Tone) The “New Amazon Bloatware” Menu: Appstarter CLEAN Menu: Howto: Connect … Read more