by wwarren | Dec 18, 2013 | Security, Security Alerts
This could be a serious breach. I’ll post more as details emerge. Nationwide retail giant Target is investigating a data breach potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records, multiple reliable sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The sources...
by wwarren | Oct 4, 2013 | Internet, Security, Security Alerts
So much for cloud security. Basically everything you have given Adobe is out in the wild. Adobe is offering credit monitoring..that’s a joke. If you have given a credit card to Adobe..cancel it immediately. Also if you have used a password on Adobe’s...
by wwarren | Jul 18, 2013 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
I have said over and over third party trust on security certificates is stupid. I’ve never really been able to articulate in a simple way why it is stupid. Read below and Karl articulates this beautifully. This should be a wakeup call to EVERYONE in the wake...
by wwarren | Apr 7, 2013 | AVG, Security
AVG scored in the top 5 again. This is the reason i’ve partnered with AVG as recently their products have garnered consistent top 5 scores while costing much less and while being much less invasive than other products. AVG has come quite a way since their...
by wwarren | Feb 18, 2013 | Linux, Open Source, Security, Security Alerts
HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN ROOTED: ls -la /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9 rpm -qf /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9 ls -la /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 rpm -qf /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 If you find the file and RPM shows “is not owned by any package” you have been rooted. Currently...
by wwarren | Jan 29, 2013 | Hardware, Internet, Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts
As the world’s various media outlets start talking breathlessly about how dangerous UPNP is anyone who has talked to me(every one of my clients knows about this) I’ve always maintained UPNP was a huge security hole. I’ve seen Microsoft among others...
