POS Operators: Security is no longer optional

by wwarren | May 2, 2016 | General, Security, Security Alerts

Is the expense of a lawsuit and the resulting judgement greater than the cost of proper security?  I can say in most cases(if not all) that answer is yes.  Case in point.  Wendy’s was breached and is now facing lawsuits over the fraudulent transactions: In...

Time’s ways to not get infected are incomplete.

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...

Latest major security problem in Windows affects ALL supported versions.

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...

The Forcible “Upgrades” for Windows Users Begins

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...

Microsoft Requires Windows 10 For New Hardware

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...

Dell does its own superfish.

by wwarren | Nov 23, 2015 | 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...