by wwarren | Aug 3, 2025 | Cloud Computing, Security, Storage
Dropbox has lost client data permanently, Google drive has as well, now it’s Amazon’s turn. Amazon deleted a person’s 10 year old account…and there was no backup. What most folks do not understand is that most times your service is best...
by wwarren | Aug 2, 2025 | Security
I had the pleasure of being a guest speaker on the Be The Hummingbird podcast. Laura is a certified financial planner out of Walkersville, MD. We talked about some real basic steps you can take to protect yourself…and not simply trusting in technology to...
by wwarren | Apr 24, 2025 | Security, Security Alerts
With a recent security update Microsoft a folder called Inetpub. This folder is normally for the Microsoft Internet Information Services web server. I immediately thought this was a bad idea and i went about removing said folder on all of my office systems. ...
by wwarren | Mar 9, 2025 | IOT, Security
Many cameras require open ports for remote access.and also run outdated operating systems that are ripe for takeover. This article points out this attack leveraged Linux…Linux itself isn’t the issue, the lack of security updates AND the fact the cameras...
by wwarren | Oct 30, 2023 | Firewalls, FreeBSD, Open Source, PFSense, Security, Ubiquiti
First Netgate announced their move away from PSense free(known as CE). This resulted in outcry but at least they announced their intentions. Recently, Netgate announced the termination of the free homelab PFSense plus license with no option to keep it running. ...
by wwarren | Dec 26, 2022 | Annoucements, Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
There’s tons of stories about the LastPass breech and most of them downlplay things saying your data is encrypted so the vaults getting stolen is not a big deal. Well that’s not true at all. I do not know if folks are purposefully downlplaying or they...
