HP Smart requires sign-in to scan – GDPR anyone?
As many users have discovered, HP made a change to the HP Smart multifunction printer utility in 2020 that means – all of sudden and with no option to decline, you need to create a HP.com accoun ...
Category Archives: Hardware
Hak5 KeyCroc problems connecting to Cloud C2 when https is used
After deploying the new HAK5 C2 Cloud instance on AWS LightSail (tutorial here), I found that my wouldn’t connect if I had https enabled on my C2 instance. I didn’t feel comfortable not u ...
Solution: Display Problems and/or Photoshop Crashing with Dell D6000 Dock
After a recent reinstall of Windows 10 on my laptop, I suddently discovered that Photoshop would no longer load – it crashed at the point of “initializing html surfaces”, presenting ...
Deploy Hak5 Cloud C2 on AWS LightSail with SSL
UPDATE: I wrote an updated version of this tutorial (as of July 2022) available here: https://bobmckay.com/i-t-support-networking/ethical-hacking/deploy-hak5-cloud-c2-on-aws-lightsail-2022/ So I treat ...
Create a Security Honey Pot with OpenCanary and a Raspberry Pi 3 (Updated 2021)
I’ve created an updated version of my original Raspberry Pi 3 Honey Pot tutorial after I discovered it does work with newer versions of the Linux operating systems. After banging my ahead agains ...
Bluetooth Mouse Freezes after Inactivity
I noticed intermittent frustrating behaviour with my shiny new (awesome laptop by the way) when using it with my . If I didn’t move the mouse for 5 seconds (even if I was typing and so the lapt ...
Install & Configure OpenVPN for Trust.Zone VPN on 4K Amazon Fire TV Stick
I use Trust.Zone when I want to VPN in to various other countries and wanted to add this functionality to my Fire TV Stick so that when I’m travelling, I can take it with me and still watch UK T ...
Solved: Dell Mouse Freezes After Seconds of Inactivity
I recently got a which I love and I paired it with a basic . Unfortunately, an issue that seems to come and go is the mouse freezing when it isn’t used for over 5 seconds. This is long enough t ...
Solved: Dell Wi-fi 6 AX201 Device Cannot Start
I recently got a at home and was so impressed with it, when I needed a new one for work, I asked for the same model (though a lower spec). When it arrived, everything was as expected except for one th ...
Solved: PC or Mouse freeze on Windows 10 with DCom DistributedCOM Error (Event ID 10016)
I recently purchased two new with distinctly different base systems (one is an and the other an ) yet I’ve been seeing some odd behavior from both whereby the mouse cursor freezes or disappears ...