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Told You So!(Target Got Totally Owned)
If you have ever shopped at Target your information was taken. 100 million? This means Target was totally compromised and they had no idea. They'll never be able to tell EXACTLY how many...if you are smart just assume everyone who has ever used any kind of...
The Target Breach: The Full Extent is Becoming Known
When the first reports were only a limited subset of their data but a huge amount of customers I figured it was much worse. Target was just going to bide time for AFTER the holidays to fully report. NOw that the holidays are over the real extent is coming out....
More Nails in the Coffin of Windows XP. It’s Time to Upgrade
If you still have a windows xp machine. Contact ETC quickly for upgrades or replacements. If you are content to deal with Windows 8 you can go to any store and pay little for a computer...if you can use the computer with the interface disaster that is Windows 8. If...
NSA’s ANT Division Catalog of Exploits for Nearly Every Major Software/Hardware/Firmware | LeakSource
All I can say is wow. NSA’s ANT Division Catalog of Exploits for Nearly Every Major Software/Hardware/Firmware | LeakSource.
HOw Insecure are Smartphones?
Alli can say is READ THE ENTIRE LINKED ARTICLE then come here for the link to part 1 of the talk. I am providing links to part 1 and part 2 below. Part 1: The militarization of the Internet part 2: Remote Iphone Compromise Following up on the latest stunning...
(REality? It Would Not Surprise Me) Catalog Reveals NSA Has Back Doors for Numerous Devices – SPIEGEL ONLINE
I have no way to confirm or deny this..but given my own thoughts about weird things I've seen over the years and the continuing Snowden revelations I wouldn't be shocked if this is true. Catalog Reveals NSA Has Back Doors for Numerous Devices - SPIEGEL ONLINE.
If You Shopped at Target During Black Friday..It’s Now on the Black Market.
Me and my wife are cancelling our cards right now. If yours is a debit card you should cancel it now as there usually no protection from fraudulent charges. If you are a business any cards you've used at target are either stolen or at risk. Credit and debit...
Target Confirms Massive Credit Card Breach
Nationwide retail giant Target is investigating a data breach potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records, multiple reliable sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The sources said the breach appears to have begun on or around Black Friday 2013 —...
Possible Large Scale Card Compromise at Target
This could be a serious breach. I'll post more as details emerge. Nationwide retail giant Target is investigating a data breach potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records, multiple reliable sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The sources said...
The Ultimate Act of Desperation
Microsoft is so desperate to move copies of it's turd Windows 8(by extension Server 2012 and office 2013) it's now forcing partners to that OS. I have 1..1 client that actually tolerates Windows 8. Every other client is avoiding it like the plague that it is. So...
One Less Microsoft Partner
My own protest here won't mean anything to Microsoft but I am NOT renewing my membership at the beginning of 2015. Microsoft has summarily removed ALL windows 7(server 2008, office 2010) etc etc etc from tech net AND their partner download areas. I can't even have...
New Mac Product Line: Why Your Data is at Risk
I've been working on hardware for quite a while. I've seen my fair share of companies trying to keep folks out of their products. Apple is at the top of this list in terms of difficulty in computer repair now. I've had to accumulate quite a toolset for dealing with...
An Interesting Power Saving Trick for IOS 7
I've noticed that both on the Internet and in my own experience IOS 7 is quote the battery hog. After some research I did the following to my wife's Iphone 5: 1. Disabled Airdrop 2. Removed as many of the animations as possible 3. Reduced the apps allowed to run in...
It’s good to be back..:)
Facebook wanted to increase security by requiring https. While that is normally a good thing they required third party security certs. Now that everyone knows folks like me aren't crazy in terms of what the NSA is capable of...by government order not superior...
Adobe Owned…Total Network Compromise
So much for cloud security. Basically everything you have given Adobe is out in the wild. Adobe is offering credit monitoring..that's a joke. If you have given a credit card to Adobe..cancel it immediately. Also if you have used a password on Adobe's site you'll...
A Truly False Sense of Online Security. SSL is Done(At Least Third Party Certificates Should Be)
I have said over and over third party trust on security certificates is stupid. I've never really been able to articulate in a simple way why it is stupid. Read below and Karl articulates this beautifully. This should be a wakeup call to EVERYONE in the wake of...
Nine traits of the veteran network admin
If you see an IT person exhibiting any of these...they haven't lost their mind..:) Nine traits of the veteran network admin.
Independent Evaluation of AVG products on Windows 8.
AVG scored in the top 5 again. This is the reason i've partnered with AVG as recently their products have garnered consistent top 5 scores while costing much less and while being much less invasive than other products. AVG has come quite a way since their arrival a...
Windows 8 can’t displace Vista much less XP
Microsoft's "latest and greatest" isn't even able to get a larger share than the acknowledged failure that is Vista. I've been telling clients that Windows 7 is a worthy replacement for XP. Nice to see some independent data to back up my thoughts. ...
0day Linux/CentOS SSHd Spam Exploit — libkeyutils.so.1.9 | Security, Server Tweaking, IT Management Blog By SolidShellSecurity
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...
I Said This Was a Bad Idea—UPNP
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 talk about how...
Backdoors Found in Barracuda Networks Gear — Krebs on Security
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...
Windows 8 and Secure Boot = Ultimate Microsoft Lockin
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 thing...finally found it in the...
How Bad is Windows 8?
via Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation - YouTube.
Massive espionage malware targeting governments undetected for 5 years | Ars Technica
I'm going to watch this to see if it is really something to be concerned about or not. However the e-mail re-infection component has me a bit concerned. If that's the case anyone who thinks ANY machine with malware can be cleaned is foolish. I may have to...