by wwarren | Apr 14, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
It is about time as Quicktime has been slowly dying as even Apple has been shifting to HTML5 and mp4 based videos. If you have this software on your machine it is time to remove it. If you are offered it decline it as it will now be a major entry point for all kinds...
by wwarren | Apr 12, 2016 | Apple, Security, Security Alerts, Smartphone
Now this is a nasty one. If you are not running IOS 9.3.1 an automated WiFi based attack against your Idevice(which is not that hard to carry out) can permanently brick your expensive Idevice. The problem is that if your Idevice gets set back to the date of Jan 1,...
by wwarren | Apr 2, 2016 | Annoucements, Cisco, Dell, Meraki, Security, Sonicwall, Sophos, UTM
Astaro was probably the best edge UTM out there for quite some time. I used them from the first v4 all the way up until now. Astaro was then purchased by Sophos and it became a morass of corporate interference, no service to their smaller partners, a series of badly...
by wwarren | Apr 1, 2016 | Annoucements, Service Status
ETC Maryland will be performing various maintenance tasks on it’s server fleet. The maintenance window is midnight Apr 2nd to 1AM Saturday Apr 2. During this time websites and other services may experience loss of connections or a total outage due to server...
by wwarren | Mar 30, 2016 | Annoucements
I have been drawn back into building custom computers again by request of my clients. I figured I needed some way of advertising my work…:) If you want one for a computer I have built for you let me know. If you want one I have a limited supply and will...
by wwarren | Mar 29, 2016 | AMD, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Security
The DOJ has withdrawn from their battle to force Apple to unlock an IPhone from the San Bernadino shooting. As I had mentioned earlier the US Dept of Justice had botched the investigation in the first place making it nearly impossible to unlock the Iphone. Then the...
by wwarren | Mar 24, 2016 | Annoucements, Ransomware, Security, Security Alerts
I have been watching with concern as ransomware spreads nearly unchecked throughout the world. Many ways are being discussed but I chose to focus on recovery. Local backups are now no longer safe as if you get a ransomware infestation these malware packages start...
by wwarren | Mar 23, 2016 | Internet, Service Status
I woke up about 0730 this morning to my phone being alerted that my webserver was offline. right after that several of my web hosting clients also began texting and messaging me about the issue. Once i got up I was able to see that not only was my server offline but...
by wwarren | Mar 21, 2016 | Apple, Cloud Computing, Government Regulations, Hardware, Security
The FBI has asked and been granted a motion to postpone their hearing tomorrow claiming somebody from outside the government has shown them a possible way to unlock the Iphone of the San Bernardino shooter. Now comes the real question. Have they truly found a way or...
by wwarren | Mar 21, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Internet, Tablets
Amazon has pushed out a critical update for its Kindle readers. If you fail to install this update before midnight tonight your kindle will not have Internet access any longer. As noted on the relevant Amazon webpage this affects mainly older Kindles and not...
