by wwarren | Feb 18, 2013 | Linux, Open Source, Security, Security Alerts
HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN ROOTED: ls -la /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9 rpm -qf /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9 ls -la /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 rpm -qf /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 If you find the file and RPM shows “is not owned by any package” you have been rooted. Currently...
by wwarren | Jan 29, 2013 | Hardware, Internet, Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts
As the world’s various media outlets start talking breathlessly about how dangerous UPNP is anyone who has talked to me(every one of my clients knows about this) I’ve always maintained UPNP was a huge security hole. I’ve seen Microsoft among others...
by wwarren | Jan 24, 2013 | Security, Security Alerts
How lovely. It is one thing to leave backdoors but to make them so insecure is inexcusable. If you value security yank these devices and start hammering barracuda to fix their vulnerabilities. A variety of the latest firewall, spam filter and VPN appliances...
by wwarren | Jan 17, 2013 | Microsoft, Windows, Windows 8
I have a client’s laptop and he has windows 8 on it….of course he hates it. So i advised either take the laptop back or buy windows 7 and upgrade to Windows 7. I’ve been trying for a couple of hours just to get into the UEFI in this...
by wwarren | Jan 16, 2013 | Microsoft, Windows 8
via Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation – YouTube.