by wwarren | Dec 4, 2020 | Annoucements, Free/TrueNAS, Hardware, Open Source
Remember this post? This has been 4 years in the making. I have tested this extensively at my office and at a clients remote location. With ransomware going nuts I am targeting this launch towards protecting against ransomware and offering an affordable, onsite...
by wwarren | Nov 29, 2020 | Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
ZDNET has a concerning article about UEFI malware found on some PC’s. According to the article this most recent UEFI infection was not the first. The Russian APT group Fancy Bear was using it back in 2018. Things like this usually means you can count on at...
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...
