by wwarren | Jan 4, 2012 | Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
Time for me to start recommending routers with dd-wrt and NO WPS capabilities. If turning it off doesn’t turn it off then security is non-existent for wireless network. Ick. The attack took about six hours to properly guess the PIN and return the SSID and...
by wwarren | Dec 29, 2011 | Vendors
It should read…you WILL see a HIGHER chance of billings errors if you go on autopay. Every time we have tried it there’s ALWAYS been a major error and getting it fixed is worse than pulling teeth. Verizon says users wont have to pay the fee if they...
by wwarren | Dec 28, 2011 | Cisco, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
I figured it was a matter of time before this was exposed. The pins are usually 8 digits which it has been known for quite some time that you need at least 12 sufficiently random characters for any kind of protection against brute force attacks. Of course the lack...
by wwarren | Dec 21, 2011 | Internet, Microsoft, Security
Subway itself wasn’t nailed but it franchisees were. Most franchise holders are SMB’s and many of them don’t think they are vulnerable due to their size. However criminals are banking on that thinking now to hijack everything from computers to POS...
by wwarren | Dec 18, 2011 | Hardware, Storage
Not too long after the market punished the Hard Disk industry for dropping warranties before the industry is now moving to cratering hard disk warranties again. I bet they are going to be introducing a new technology for manufacturing hard disks and they are dropping...
by wwarren | Dec 10, 2011 | Internet
Verizon had started selling off it’s landline business years ago. they have also begun divesting some FIOS markets as well. I had been thinking VZ would concentrate on their LTE wireless infrastructure and that has been proven true....
by wwarren | Dec 1, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts, Smartphone
This link aggregates all of techcrunchs coverage with decent linking to outside sites about this too. Carrier IQ | TechCrunch.
by wwarren | Dec 1, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts, Smartphone
Crapware on a pc or mac is easy to combat….format the machine and use your own, known good image. Phones however are a new frontier of badness for the enterprise and anyone with need for data security. Folks wonder why I’ve advocated...
by wwarren | Nov 29, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8
Watch this folks. I talk about this over and over. a/v isn’t enough..it is only a start. Please start with these basics. Please contact ECC on how to minimize your exposure. The Internet Is Infected – 60 Minutes – CBS...
by wwarren | Nov 25, 2011 | Microsoft, Windows
Reset the entire registry permissions to defaults | Windows Reference.
