by wwarren | Nov 12, 2009 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Windows, Windows 7
Laurent Gaffié blog: Windows 7 / Server 2008R2 Remote Kernel Crash. notice this is only in the two major operating systems that use the new smb protocol by Microsoft? Vista isn’t mentioned but i bet this will kill Vista as well.
by wwarren | Nov 11, 2009 | Microsoft, Open Source, Security
Bing hit by costly security loophole | Technology | guardian.co.uk. Whoopsie so now it’s pushed into the underground who are most assuredly taking advantage of it. Sorry MS your usual security by obscurity failed many years ago.
by wwarren | Nov 9, 2009 | Microsoft, Security, Windows
AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn — by a PC virus by AP: Yahoo! Tech. Anti-virus isn’t enough. I have posted before on the security flaws inherent to IE, ActiveX and by extension Windows. Why it may not be a valid defense for all in many cases it purely is a...
by wwarren | Nov 2, 2009 | Hardware, Open Source, Storage
I reccommended to my Mother in Law that a netbook would be perfect for her based on her needs. It IS perfect except she is running out of room on the 8 gig SSD. I went to find an upgrade for her SSD and found one by a company called Runcore. Let’s jsut say...
by wwarren | Oct 31, 2009 | Microsoft, Security, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
I was presenting a seminar on data encryption and security and I got caught now knowing some commercial FDE products other than what is built into Vista and 7. As per my word here are some vendors I would reccomend simply based on either their security reputation or...