by wwarren | Jun 20, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
If you are using a windows based POS you are probably going to get hacked. If you have your vendors remote access tools installed(and many do) your chances of getting hacked are much much higher: Wendy’s statement that the attackers got access by stealing credentials...
by wwarren | Jun 19, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
As I have stated over and over the cloud is NOT secure. It never will be and never can be. the highly centralized nature of the various cloud services means you do NOT want to put anything critical on the cloud. You can go to my cloud section of my blog as I start...
by wwarren | Jun 14, 2016 | Apple, General, Hardware
I have watched the WWDC keynote from Apple twice so far and I am going to watch it again. There are some very compelling features for the ecosystem. I watched the Twit coverage of the keynote(after I watched it live) and even Leo who is a big fan expressed concerns...
by wwarren | Jun 11, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
It turns out the my experiences with poor security and poor customer service at whmcs are not the exception. It didn’t take long to find out that whmcs has a repeated pattern of poor security and poor customer service. They routinely deny security issues exist...
by wwarren | Jun 10, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
WHMCS has gone from simply being unhelpful to being in denial. This, unfortunately, is typical for companies today. I have been digging into this problem since it first cropped up as i noted in my previous post. Now WHMCS has gone from telling me it is on my end to...
by wwarren | Jun 9, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
I have gotten to the point that when it comes to my systems when somebody tells me I am wrong it is just a matter of time before not only do I diagnose the issue but I can prove it. I was trying to get WHMCS working. Every time I would try to save the initial...
by wwarren | Jun 9, 2016 | Annoucements, Hosting, Services
Due to the tremendous amounts of addresses afforded by the IPV6 standard, ETC Maryland’s data center provider has given ETC Maryland a large block of IPV6 addresses. With the current generation of IPV4 addresses now nearly gone, IPV6 is the new standard for...
by wwarren | May 13, 2016 | Annoucements, Cisco, Dell, Meraki, Sonicwall
ETC Maryland has the distinct pleasure of announcing three new vendors to its stable of trusted vendors: 1. Sonicwall(Dell) 2. Meraki(Cisco) 3. Cisco These new partnerships allow ETC Maryland to handle network needs from the smallest home need to our maximum sized...
by wwarren | May 9, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Security
Last July I talked about how Apple Music will steal your files from you when Apple decides it has them in its own cloud and then you have to pay to listen to those files. Now another person has been told this is by design by Apple itself. Backup, backup, backup....
by wwarren | May 2, 2016 | General, Security, Security Alerts
Is the expense of a lawsuit and the resulting judgement greater than the cost of proper security? I can say in most cases(if not all) that answer is yes. Case in point. Wendy’s was breached and is now facing lawsuits over the fraudulent transactions: In...
