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Watchguard firewalls Under Active Credential Attack

by wwarren | Apr 7, 2021 | Annoucements, Firewalls, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts

I do work for another firm out in California and one of the biggest clients there suddenly found their guest network offline.  When the firewall was attempted to be logged into all account credentials have either been changed or deleted..locking us out of the...

Elementor Site Builder Plugin Vulnerability Announcement

by wwarren | Mar 17, 2021 | Annoucements, Hosting, Security Alerts

The wildly popular Elementor site builder plugin has a vulnerability that can allow a third party site to secretly compromise a WordPress site if the user is logged into the site as the administrator.  Normally when you are on one site..a third party site is blocked...

Major Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Elementor Plugin Leads to Site Takeovers

by wwarren | Mar 9, 2021 | Hosting, Security, Security Alerts

A plugin for the Elementor sitebuilder has a major vulnerability that allow remote attackers to create administrative accounts without any need for authentication.  The admin users can then do anything a WordPress user can do which is add or remove content, create or...

The SolarWinds Compromise is Worldwide in Nature(Podcast)

by wwarren | Dec 15, 2020 | Podcast, Security, Security Alerts

This is the first in a series of podcasts about the SolarWinds hack.  As details come out I will be making more podcasts and providing links in futher posts.  Hang on folks..it’s going to be a fun ride.  You can download the podcast episode here. Here’s...

UEFI Being Used to House Nearly Unremovable Malware. Warned About in 2015.

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...

Another Breach by “Sophisticated” Hackers

by wwarren | Feb 13, 2020 | Security, Security Alerts

The UN had a massive breach of its systems that was only recently disclosed.  Of course, in an effort to deflect accountability, the tired sophisticated, or saying it was a nation state was trotted out.  This is total rubbish.  If you have known vulnerabilities and...
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