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Author: Michael Hull

19 Jun

16 Billion Passwords Leaked: What You Need to Know Now

by Michael Hull
in Security
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According to a June 19, 2025 report by Forbes and Cybernews researchers, an astonishing 16 billion credentials have been discovered in a newly assembled "Mother of All Breaches" (MOAB). Unlike past incidents that recycled old leaks, this trove includes fresh, previously unseen login credentials, making it one of the most dangerous data dumps to date. Who’s Affected? Credentials from major platforms such as: Apple Google Facebook X (formerly Twitter) Telegram GitHub Various government services …have...

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20 Nov

Staying Ahead of the Curve: Comprehensive Cybersecurity

by Michael Hull
in Security
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Once upon a time, the typical image of a hacker was a solitary figure: a tech-savvy teenager or young adult, operating out of their basement, motivated more by curiosity or the thrill of breaking into systems than by any concrete financial gain. Fast forward to today, and the landscape of cybercrime has undergone a seismic shift. No longer confined to the realms of individual mischief...

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05 Dec

Multi-factor Authentication Requirement

by Michael Hull
in Security
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As of December 8th, 2022, all TMPros-hosted Amazon Workspaces environments will require Multi-Factor Authentication. Users must type the 6-digit MFA passcode from the Duo app for each sign-in. MFA Enrollment Please refer to the email you receive regarding Duo "MFA Enrollment." Enrollment is the process that registers you as a user in Duo with a device capable of performing two-factor authentication. Follow the on-screen prompts to set...

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30 Jul

Password Checkup

by Michael Hull
in Security
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Google Chrome Sync users who save their passwords just got a very useful feature upgrade. This password checkup uses the same database as our Dark Web Breach Assessment but has the added benefit of already knowing your passwords. This allows Google to identify any compromised accounts you have saved in the browser. Check out: Change unsafe passwords in your Google Account We highly recommend immediately resetting...

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14 Mar

Covid-19 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Response

by Michael Hull
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Leverage Cloud Stability for your Dekstop Environment TMPros is dedicated to maintaining a maximum level of service during this worldwide emergency. Please submit tickets through normal channels. Enhanced Remote Triage To protect your organizations and our staff, TMPros will conduct additional remote triage before dispatching technicians onsite. Normally technicians are dispatched based on Tier 2 approval. While Enhanced Remote Triage is in effect, our Tier 3 technicians will...

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06 Mar

Work from home avoid Covid-19 Coronavirus

by Michael Hull
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The rapid spread of the Novel Coronavirus has sparked an emergent interest in the rapid deployment of remote access solutions and virtual desktops. Analyst firm Forrester Group recently published a report suggesting that organizations prepare for a pandemic. A remote workforce can reduce your organizations' risk as well as improve performance....

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10 Mar

PSA: Beware of password phishing

by Michael Hull
in Blog, PSA
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[caption id="attachment_1818" align="alignright" width="358"] Seemingly innocuous encrypted message notification.[/caption] Protect your passwords! This morning one of our clients was hit with one of the cleanest password phishing attempts I've seen in years. The message included their normal email signature and looked like an encrypted message. In this case, we were certain at least one account was compromised.  We immediately reset passwords for all of their Google Apps...

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15 Feb

Ransomware is pervasive. Don’t wait, we can protect you!

by Michael Hull
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We read about attacks like these all to often, but a $3.6M ransom? New customers often come to us after being victims of ransomware software. You can avoid this with proper security measures. Ask us about our Managed Antivirus and Web Protection suite. We can keep this from happening to you. If it already has, then we can probably help you recover your systems. Contact us...

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04 May

New Vulnerability in OAuth and OpenID?

by Michael Hull
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I've had a few people ask me about the vulnerability reported on Phys.Org in OpenID and OAuth. This is not inherently a vulnerability in OpenID, but rather a potential way to get information from a website that both implements an open redirect (a big no-no) and OAuth or OpenID. What does this mean? Are are you safe and secure using OAuth and OpenID?  The truth is OAuth...

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