by wwarren | Nov 17, 2017 | Amazon, Cloud Computing, Internet, IOT, Security
Amazon Key IMO is a bad idea. The fact that it is based on IOT makes it worse. The very concept of you give someone access to your house with no other controls…there’s a camera to watch them but a camera will not stop anyone from doing anything...
by wwarren | Nov 14, 2017 | Apple, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts, Smartphone, Tablets
We all know google mines everything..that’s been well established by Google themselves. We knew Apple mined our data and “keeps it private”. I always called BS on their privacy stance…Here’s the proof:...
by wwarren | Nov 8, 2017 | Security
The instant I saw folks start pandering the absurd theory that China or Russia had financed this attack I knew it was bogus. The problem was a well-known and well published vulnerability in their website that their site(and many other larger websites) used called...
by wwarren | Oct 17, 2017 | Annoucements, Security, Security Alerts, WIFI
*UPDATE* It turns out Linux is especially vulnerable to this vulnerability. this means Android is especially vulnerable. Linux(and by extension Android) can be tricked into using a zero encryption key which means the attacker can easily watch all traffic on that...
by wwarren | Oct 6, 2017 | Microsoft, Office, Security, Windows
I have been thinking for a bit that Microsoft not only wanted Windows 7 to die quickly but Windows 8.x as well. Windows 7 because it is, admittedly old, and Windows 8.x because it is yet another Vista disaster. Windows 8.x however is technically supported until...
by wwarren | Jul 18, 2017 | Cloud Computing, Internet, IOT, Security, Security Alerts
Yet another IOT security issue. this one is actually a remote code exploit so once again a flaw allows IOT devices to get taken over Two things: Do not let IOT have access to your internal network. It MUST be firewalled onto its own network. Do not allow IOT access...
