by wwarren | Jan 14, 2014 | General, Hardware, Microsoft, Office, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8
I know there are many small businesses that are running Windows XP still. As of April of this year Windows XP officially dies. Many programs are simply going to not work anymore as announced by their creators. Sure you can hang onto the old versions but as more and...
by wwarren | Jan 11, 2014 | Security, Security Alerts
If you have ever shopped at Target your information was taken. 100 million? This means Target was totally compromised and they had no idea. They’ll never be able to tell EXACTLY how many…if you are smart just assume everyone who has ever used any kind...
by wwarren | Jan 10, 2014 | Security, Security Alerts
When the first reports were only a limited subset of their data but a huge amount of customers I figured it was much worse. Target was just going to bide time for AFTER the holidays to fully report. NOw that the holidays are over the real extent is coming out....
by wwarren | Jan 9, 2014 | Hardware, Microsoft, Security, Windows
If you still have a windows xp machine. Contact ETC quickly for upgrades or replacements. If you are content to deal with Windows 8 you can go to any store and pay little for a computer…if you can use the computer with the interface disaster that is Windows 8....
by wwarren | Dec 30, 2013 | Cloud Computing, Government Regulations, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
All I can say is wow. NSA’s ANT Division Catalog of Exploits for Nearly Every Major Software/Hardware/Firmware | LeakSource.
by wwarren | Dec 30, 2013 | Cloud Computing, Government Regulations, Security, Security Alerts
Alli can say is READ THE ENTIRE LINKED ARTICLE then come here for the link to part 1 of the talk. I am providing links to part 1 and part 2 below. Part 1: The militarization of the Internet part 2: Remote Iphone Compromise Following up on the latest stunning...
by wwarren | Dec 30, 2013 | Hardware, Security
I have no way to confirm or deny this..but given my own thoughts about weird things I’ve seen over the years and the continuing Snowden revelations I wouldn’t be shocked if this is true. Catalog Reveals NSA Has Back Doors for Numerous Devices –...
by wwarren | Dec 20, 2013 | Security, Security Alerts
Me and my wife are cancelling our cards right now. If yours is a debit card you should cancel it now as there usually no protection from fraudulent charges. If you are a business any cards you’ve used at target are either stolen or at risk. Credit and...
by wwarren | Dec 19, 2013 | Security, Security Alerts
Nationwide retail giant Target is investigating a data breach potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records, multiple reliable sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The sources said the breach appears to have begun on or around Black Friday 2013 —...
by wwarren | Dec 18, 2013 | Security, Security Alerts
This could be a serious breach. I’ll post more as details emerge. Nationwide retail giant Target is investigating a data breach potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records, multiple reliable sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The sources...
