by wwarren | Nov 19, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
SCADA systems and their ilk simply aren’t designed for security. You do ont want these systems to be acessible by the internet…it is just too easy to take control of them. Get ALL infrastructure systems completely OFF the Internet. Second water utility...
by wwarren | Nov 15, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security
In a statement, Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes acknowledged that the site was the target of a coordinated spam attack and explained how it went down. “During this spam attack, users were tricked into pasting and executing malicious javascript in their browser...
by wwarren | Nov 15, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security
Read the earlier article i posted about this. It is not a Facebook issue but the ease of which browsers can be comprised. Facebook explained in a statement that the spam attack was the result of a browser vulnerability that tricked users into running malicious...
by wwarren | Nov 15, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet
Graham Cluely, a senior technology consultant from Internet security firm Sophos, said it was not yet clear how the malicious content was being spread, but added that the website could face long term consequences.”Its precisely this kind of problem which is...
by wwarren | Nov 5, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Server 2008, Sophos, Vendors, Windows
I currently have two virtualization projects going. One is to convert 3 physical server to hyper-v and one is to convert 3 physical servers to KVM. Unfortunately p2v on a domain controller is not only not recommended, it doesn’t work well. Also there is no...
by wwarren | Nov 1, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Open Source
The so-called PROTECT IP act, sequel to the much-criticized COICA, is under fire again as it enters the process of becoming law. We’ve talked about it on this blog before and no doubt the discussion will continue after it passes or is rejected, but it’s important at...
by wwarren | Oct 31, 2011 | Apple, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Internet, Smartphone
The design geniuses at Apple, who are yet to come up with an iPhone 4 which did not have some serious design flaws, are scratching their heads about the latest problem which has hit the cargo cults latest toy.Apple recently released the iPhone 4S which was an iPhone 4...
by wwarren | Oct 19, 2011 | Internet
I have a client that is constantly being pushed to engage is SEO games to try to raise his Google pagerank. Hopefully this is the first nail in the coffin of the hideous Google Ranks manipulators. On October 18, Google announced that it would begin pushing...
by wwarren | Oct 19, 2011 | Apple, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
Whoopsie. Apple’s new “Siri” feature, the voice-activated personal assistant built into the iPhone 4S, leaves owners’ spanking new smartphones partially unguarded. Those of us who work in the security arena have often banged on about the...
by wwarren | Oct 14, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet
Business consultants…..nough said. I have a client that has been scammed into going all cloud. This consultant believe in no servers, no central logins and no local storage of anything. I know this “practice management” company is totally based in...
