by wwarren | Oct 2, 2012 | Internet, Security
It’s very simple. If you leave your wifi open and unsecured you are leaving the equivalent to your front door open. Anyone is welcome at that point. If you don’t want to be snooped on by the drive-by’s secure your wifi. This isn’t...
by wwarren | Sep 21, 2012 | Microsoft, Security, Windows, Windows 8
Without turning off the built in A/V..:) The Windows hosts file offers a great way of blocking or redirecting certain Internet hosts. I’m for instance using it whenever I move websites to a new hosting company to check the life site before the DNS has fully...
by wwarren | Sep 3, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Security
Discussing the high profile compromise of an online journalist and how to protect yourself. However it doesn’t address the underlying insecurity of the public cloud. one thing that still holds true…if you are going to use the cloud..make sure you have a...
by wwarren | Aug 29, 2012 | Security, Security Alerts
Adobe is slowly killing flash as HTML 5 takes over. Flash with it’s myriad of security issues needs to go. Java on the other hand has been so thoroughly breached that if you don’t know for sure you need to run it you need to remove it…now. There...
by wwarren | Aug 7, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
This reporter who was taken over at least acknowledges his security lapses. Facebook with it’s “social networking” actually sets you up for this very type of thing. keep in mind most of the cloud is web based and guess what the number one attack...
by wwarren | Aug 7, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
Once you put something in the cloud it really isn’t yours anymore. This includes gmail which i do use for my e-mail services. However for me i do NOT send anything critical via e-mail. If it critical or sensitive i talk to them voice. Loosing e-mail would...
