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CryptoLocker Preventative Measures

If you haven’t heard of CryptoLocker, it is a form of Ransomware which basically means locking down your files in an attempt to get you (the victim) to pay a sum of money to get access to those locked files.

CryptoLocker isn’t the first of its kind and nor will it be the last. It is just another one out of the thousands out there, except this one has been more cleverly engineered to infect more machines and thus gain more media attention.

Below is some advice to take in a corporate environment – this advice is purely my own and is not meant to be some extensive ‘go-to’ for all your sys admin problems when dealing with these issues 🙂

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Two-Factor Authentication with BlackBerry 10

We’ve seen plenty of tutorials on two-factor authentication (2FA from now on) using the Authomator app but unfortunately this app has not been made available for the Q10 device for several months now.

Therefore I have made this short tutorial available for a cool new app which will give us our daily shot of security and peace of mind 🙂

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Windows Server 2012 – File System Resiliency or Data Deduplication?

Windows 8 and Server 2012 come with a new file system (along side NTFS) called ReFS – Resilient File System.

I am in the process of setting up a Server 2012 as a file server for my organisation and came across a bit of a dilemma. Out of the two great features (both of which, by the way, would be awesome on a file server!) offered by Server 2012, I had to choose one.

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Windows Server 2012 File Share – Access Denied Error

Whilst configuring a Windows Server 2012 VM as a file server, I came across the very annoying Access denied error message when attempting to access a file share from my computer.

If you’re getting similar issues and have made sure your folder permissions are set correctly then see if the following helps you:

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Setting up VLC Remote on your BlackBerry 10

This will be a quick how-to guide on setting up VLC remote on your BlackBerry 10 device.
VLC Remote will work if both your VLC player (so your PC for example) and BlackBerry 10 device is on the same wireless network*.
*Now, technically speaking, you should also be able to get it to work if your BB10 device is not on the same wireless network by port forwarding the VLC web server on your router but that’s another story – shoot off in the comments if you would like this use case covered.

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