Using OpenVAS on Kali Linux 2020
After a few months off, I decided to update my Kali laptop today and return to some ethical hacking shenanigans and also to see if the frustrating bug present in OpenVas 8 was still there (where you c ...
Author Archives: Bob McKay
Solved: Dell Wi-fi 6 AX201 Device Cannot Start
I recently got a [easyazon_link keywords=”Dell Inspiron 7490″ locale=”US” tag=”bobmckay-20″]Dell Inspiron 7490[/easyazon_link] at home and was so impressed with it, ...
Outlook’s Simple Missing InfoSec Feature
As we all know, one of the biggest threats/risks to an organisations security are its users – every presentation you see has the ‘surprising’ statistic of just how many breaches star ...
Delete the OneDrive – Personal folder from Windows Explorer
When I deploy OneDrive for Business on Windows 10 PCs, for some reason I’ve never understood, Windows 10 continues to show a OneDrive – Personal folder in Windows Explorer even though I do ...
Substitution Cipher Decoding Utility
Somewhere along the way in delving in to cyber security, I’ve also gained an interest in encryption. While this might seem obvious, I’m more interested in the classical cryptography such a ...
Solved: PC or Mouse freeze on Windows 10 with DCom DistributedCOM Error (Event ID 10016)
I recently purchased two new [easyazon_link keywords=”Dell Laptops” locale=”US” tag=”bobmckay-20″]Dell Laptops[/easyazon_link] with distinctly different base system ...
Solution: Disable AutoSave for Excel, Word or PowerPoint (Office 365) Permanently
So you want to disable AutoSave on your Office applications huh? Yep I don’t blame you, while I love the version control that comes from using SharePoint, OneDrive and the Office 365 platform, A ...
Technology Galaxy and Amazon’s A-Z Guarantee Fail
I pulled this article together more to provide a central location for the nightmare I’ve had with ordering some equipment from Technology Galaxy via Amazon.com and then the subsequent failure of ...
Custom Backgrounds in Microsoft Teams
With more and more people working from home, we find ourselves in on Teams conference calls in some strange settings (I work in my loft!) which can be distracting to say the least. Earlier in the year ...
Solution: Can’t Paste in to Outlook Search Box
UPDATE: June 2020 Please note that if you can paste in to the search bar using the shortcut CTRL + V and not right click, the chances are you are simply on the newer version of Outlook and at present ...