by wwarren | Nov 21, 2014 | Cloud Computing, General, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
I am not trying to spread the “stranger danger” fear-mongering here. If you are a parent, grandparent or any other kind of close relative please read the linked article at the bottom of this post. I have been following this since it began. More details...
by wwarren | Nov 13, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security
Folks just need to compromise these massive ad server farms now even legit sites are now attack points for your computer. It also helps load webpages faster. If you are blocking the ads you don’t have to wait for the ad servers to load their ads because...
by wwarren | Nov 12, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Windows
Microsoft has disclosed a potentially catastrophic vulnerability in virtually all versions of Windows. People operating Windows systems, particularly those who run websites, should immediately install a patch Microsoft released Tuesday morning. The vulnerability...
by wwarren | Oct 25, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
I don’t always agree with Steve Gibson. On this particular attack the one thing that makes this a non-issue is that you have to have active malicious code running in the browser. Once your machine is compromised in any way you aren’t secure, it is really...
by wwarren | Oct 21, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
Really this is only a problem is you are surfing on a public wifi point then somebody can intercept your traffic..cause an error in your secure communications and then insert themselves into your data stream. Keep in mind ssl v3 is nearly 15 years old and has been...
by wwarren | Sep 21, 2014 | Apple, Cloud Computing, General, Hardware, Security
I have an entire section of this blog devoted to the cloud. I has gotten so bad it’s impossible to post quickly enough to keep up. Icloud as soon as it launched I figured was going to be a disaster, especially with how little Apple has really valued security....
