by wwarren | Mar 1, 2016 | Security
I have long taken joy in removing Norton products from client machines simply because of the performance drain and the aggressive invasive nature of the software. i now have a new reason. Norton is now bundling the Ask.com toolbar with their security product....
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 | Jan 15, 2016 | Android, Apple, Blackberry, Hardware, Security, Smartphone
When i saw this I figured I needed to wait to talk about it until the REAL story came out. Almost all media outlets(new and old) now use sensational headlines based on either old data or not data at all for clickbaiting. This “story” is no different....
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 | Oct 29, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security
I have said many times that our current model of trusting a third party to assert your identity is stupid and prone to abuse. Well the owner of Verisign( Symantec) has been making master certs for powerful domains like google.com and others. This allows them to...
by wwarren | Oct 6, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Microsoft, Office 365, Security, Security Alerts
I have been suspicious of Microsoft’s security for a while. This is why when it comes to in-house e-mail(which I do not recommend any longer especial if it is a Microsoft e-mail platform). I never really took a close look at OWA’s design but it really...
