by wwarren | Oct 4, 2013 | Internet, Security, Security Alerts
So much for cloud security. Basically everything you have given Adobe is out in the wild. Adobe is offering credit monitoring..that’s a joke. If you have given a credit card to Adobe..cancel it immediately. Also if you have used a password on Adobe’s...
by wwarren | Jul 18, 2013 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
I have said over and over third party trust on security certificates is stupid. I’ve never really been able to articulate in a simple way why it is stupid. Read below and Karl articulates this beautifully. This should be a wakeup call to EVERYONE in the wake...
by wwarren | Jul 16, 2013 | Open Source
If you see an IT person exhibiting any of these…they haven’t lost their mind..:) Nine traits of the veteran network admin.
by wwarren | Apr 7, 2013 | AVG, Security
AVG scored in the top 5 again. This is the reason i’ve partnered with AVG as recently their products have garnered consistent top 5 scores while costing much less and while being much less invasive than other products. AVG has come quite a way since their...
by wwarren | Mar 2, 2013 | Microsoft, Vista, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8
Microsoft’s “latest and greatest” isn’t even able to get a larger share than the acknowledged failure that is Vista. I’ve been telling clients that Windows 7 is a worthy replacement for XP. Nice to see some independent data to back up...
by wwarren | Feb 18, 2013 | Linux, Open Source, Security, Security Alerts
HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN ROOTED: ls -la /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9 rpm -qf /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9 ls -la /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 rpm -qf /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 If you find the file and RPM shows “is not owned by any package” you have been rooted. Currently...
by wwarren | Jan 29, 2013 | Hardware, Internet, Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts
As the world’s various media outlets start talking breathlessly about how dangerous UPNP is anyone who has talked to me(every one of my clients knows about this) I’ve always maintained UPNP was a huge security hole. I’ve seen Microsoft among others...
by wwarren | Jan 24, 2013 | Security, Security Alerts
How lovely. It is one thing to leave backdoors but to make them so insecure is inexcusable. If you value security yank these devices and start hammering barracuda to fix their vulnerabilities. A variety of the latest firewall, spam filter and VPN appliances...
by wwarren | Jan 17, 2013 | Microsoft, Windows, Windows 8
I have a client’s laptop and he has windows 8 on it….of course he hates it. So i advised either take the laptop back or buy windows 7 and upgrade to Windows 7. I’ve been trying for a couple of hours just to get into the UEFI in this...
by wwarren | Jan 16, 2013 | Microsoft, Windows 8
via Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation – YouTube.
