by wwarren | Aug 8, 2025 | Security, Security Alerts
From the Bleeping Computer Article: ControlVault3 firmware vulnerabilities impacting over 100 Dell laptop models can allow attackers to bypass Windows login and install malware that persists across system reinstalls. Dell ControlVault is a hardware-based security...
by wwarren | Aug 6, 2025 | Hosting, Security, Services
I got a notification from my primary web server that it was having some issues. When i logged in and looked at the logs and the system behavior…I knew something was amiss. I decided to restore the system from my first level, backups which are provided by the...
by wwarren | Aug 4, 2025 | Security
I have been seeing an increase in sites no longer working with Chrome for some reason. Sites simply refuse to load, sometimes they simply time out, sometimes the browser just freezes and that’s it. At one point i had standardized on Firefox. At the time of...
by wwarren | Aug 4, 2025 | Security
In 2024 Microsoft rolled out a feature it called Recall. This feature takes a screenshot every couple of seconds and storing it in a database on your pc. The issues at first release were glaring, no encryption, no protection from other users accessing the data, no...
by wwarren | Aug 3, 2025 | Cloud Computing, Security, Storage
Dropbox has lost client data permanently, Google drive has as well, now it’s Amazon’s turn. Amazon deleted a person’s 10 year old account…and there was no backup. What most folks do not understand is that most times your service is best...
by wwarren | Aug 2, 2025 | Security
I had the pleasure of being a guest speaker on the Be The Hummingbird podcast. Laura is a certified financial planner out of Walkersville, MD. We talked about some real basic steps you can take to protect yourself…and not simply trusting in technology to...
by wwarren | May 4, 2025 | Annoucements
Christian Gamers Alliance I have been affiliated with this group for a long time over the years. It’s run by one man on his own and survives by the grace of the community. I got called back in after a hiatus as the previous hoster went offline in terms of...
by wwarren | Apr 27, 2025 | Brave, Browsers
I have been looking deeper into Mozilla lately and not liking what i am finding. For the past few months I have been using Brave since Brave has privacy as it’s primary focus. It’s not perfect and there are some tweaks to be made to make it even better,...
by wwarren | Apr 24, 2025 | Security, Security Alerts
With a recent security update Microsoft a folder called Inetpub. This folder is normally for the Microsoft Internet Information Services web server. I immediately thought this was a bad idea and i went about removing said folder on all of my office systems. ...
by wwarren | Apr 2, 2025 | Government Regulations
Maryland has passed the sales tax on IT services. Of course, they are not thinking that IT is easily moved out of state. Every facet of my business is impacted by this. It is not “only” a 3 percent tax. There are additional compliance costs as well. I am...
