by wwarren | Sep 15, 2018 | Hardware, Research Projects
It has been a while since I have been able to post about any kind of research I am doing. Right now I am figuring out just exactly how I want to build my new rack mounted PfSense firewall to replace my USG-pro-4. I want this machine to be fast enough to eventually...
by wwarren | Apr 2, 2018 | Dell, Hardware, Microsoft, Ransomware, Research Projects, Security, Windows
I have not been at my computer as much and I missed the fact that March 31st was world backup day. This article on extremetech details some of the author’s backup plans. I wanted to have ransomware resistant backups at all levels so my system is a bit more...
by wwarren | Jan 4, 2018 | Amazon, Annoucements, Cloud Computing, Google Apps, Hardware, Microsoft, Open Source, Research Projects, Security, Security Alerts
There’s a ton of crap running around about these vulnerabilities. This video talks about the vulnerabilities on a user level and gives some background on exactly where the problem lies and much you should worry. A technical paper on this is upcoming. This is...
by wwarren | Jan 3, 2018 | AMD, Annoucements, Apple, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Intel
Intel is in full damage control mode about their hardware flaw….unfortunately they are trying to drag AMD down with them….however AMD is vulnerable only in its older CPU products. Their latest product, XEN(or Ryzen) is not affected as of right now. This...
by wwarren | Nov 26, 2017 | AMD, Hardware, Intel, Security, Security Alerts
Every machine Intel has shipped from 2007 to present has had this below firmware..below the operating system thing in it. All Intel CPU’s use the ME to boot at first..then the bios takes over..then the OS. It is too bad it tool this long to come out. Honestly,...
by wwarren | Nov 21, 2017 | AMD, Hardware, Intel, Security
AMD is now releasing their Ryzen Pro cpu offerings for businesses. AMD is claiming their “management” solution is more secure than IntelME. Given the extremely low bar set by IntelME that’s not hard to accomplish. I have not had the time to...
