IOT default insecurity = Internet infrastructure danger

by wwarren | Oct 1, 2016 | Cloud Computing, DDOS, Internet, IOT, Security, Security Alerts

Krebonsecurity editor Brian Krebs now posts showing the source code for the botnet that forced Akamai/Prolexic to boot him off their network.  What is amazing is that while Prolexic was struggling to handle nearly 700 megabits there was another even larger DDOS going...

DDOS…The new wave of digital censorship

by wwarren | Sep 26, 2016 | Cloud Computing, DDOS, Internet, IOT, Security

I have been watching the saga of security blogger Brian Krebs and his krebsonsecurity blog.  He has had the benefit of high powered DDOS protection from Prolexic which is an Akamai subsidiary. Krebs has for a long time now been able to infiltrate and report on the...

Remember when I mentioned Windows as a service? Windows Subscriptions are on their way.

by wwarren | Sep 5, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Microsoft, Office 365, Windows, Windows 10, Windows365

I have been mistrustful of Microsoft even since Windows 10 started coming out.  The constant Windows as a service mentions and the nearly illegal and almost malware like campaign to get Windows 10 everywhere really had me not liking the entire Windows 10 ecosystem....

Is your POS system Cloud based? Even the “mighty” Oracle cannot keep it’s cloud secured.

by wwarren | Aug 9, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts

I have said it again and again.  You should NOT have a POS system that is cloud based.  Nothing that need to be kept confidential should be cloud based.  Oracle bought Micros a couple of years ago to add to its cloud offerings.  As I have said again and again, the...

Microsoft partially confirms a prediction of mine.

by wwarren | Jul 23, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7

Ever since Microsoft started “giving away” Windows 10 I figured something was up.  As i said in an earlier post there is no way Microsoft is going to give away nearly a third of their base income at the time without some way to make it back.  With the...

Dell banks the company on turning into a fully vertically integrated cloud vendor.

by wwarren | Jun 20, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Dell, Dell, Hardware, Storage

With network security such a huge business it stuns me that Dell first bought dinosaur vendor EMC and is now selling most of its other “non-core” assets to others.  Sonicwall is now owned by private equity firm Francisco Partners and hedge fund Elliott...