by wwarren | Apr 23, 2016 | Cloud Computing, General, Google Apps, Internet, Security
This is an example of current best practices not being forward thinking enough. I was recommending my basics of not getting infected way back in 2008. Time’s article lists the standard advice: The only way to protect against a ransomware attack is rote: keep...
by wwarren | Feb 11, 2016 | General, Security, Security Alerts, Server 8, Vista, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
There’s no real way to know how much legacy code is still in Windows but i get it is more than anyone wants to admit. I see articles that claim windows has been rewritten but i have known for a long time that is not the case. The latest major security problem...
by wwarren | Feb 2, 2016 | General, Microsoft, Windows 10
If you are running 7 or 8.x your machine is most likely going to surprise you and go right to windows 10 irregardless of if your hardware can actually handle it. For some folks this will be painless and for others it is not going to be a fun time. You can go to my...
by wwarren | Jan 16, 2016 | AMD, General, Hardware, Intel, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10
I was simply stunned by this. If you buy the newest processors from Intel and AMD or anyone…Microsoft is now saying you have 18 months to upgrade your desktops/laptop/workstations to Windows 10 or you loose updates. The best line is the one bout we will give...
by wwarren | Nov 23, 2015 | Dell, General, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
Dell’s stupidity is on display as Dell has inserted a base root certificate that can sign code. The really bad part is dell leaves the keys to this cert exposed in the clear so it is easy to extract the keys from the machine and use them as a man in the middle...
by wwarren | Nov 8, 2015 | General
I have seen this too many times. IT firms come in and fix everything and then want to charge monthly for “maintenance”. Most of the time when I am called in it’s because the IT firm who was charging for said maintenance isn’t fixing anything...
