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The DOJ has withdrawn from their battle to force Apple to unlock an IPhone from the San Bernadino shooting.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...
by wwarren | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
Microsoft has just announced they are adding a year to their windows 7 Skylake and above support times. Excerpted from The Tech Report article: Microsoft has now updated its Skylake support policy, and saw it fit to extend the support period for Windows 7 and...
by wwarren | Mar 16, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Internet, IOT, Security, Security Alerts
I have talked about keeping IOT(Internet of Things) and BYOD(Bring your Own Devices) out of your internal network privately for a while. I have often told my clients in private that allowing employee(or guest) devices on your internal network is a bad idea and have...
by wwarren | Mar 16, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
I have posted about this multiple times. I do not block ads to harm websites. I actually allow ads for sites that I frequent AND run their own internal ad servers. When it comes to my clients I put up the stoutest edge defenses I can. One of those defenses is a...
by wwarren | Mar 14, 2016 | Annoucements, Hosting, Services
ETC Maryland would like to announce 4 significant enhancements to its web hosting product. ETC Maryland is moving to become the premier WordPress hosting company in Frederick County, Maryland. From competitive pricing, servers with low loads for fast performance,...
by wwarren | Mar 13, 2016 | Hosting, Services
Remember my webhosting post about a new client with a messed WordPress transfer? I finally got rid of the Godaddy code injection but several of the plugin images inside the administrative interface would not display. It turns out there was another security plugin...
