by wwarren | Aug 2, 2009 | Apple, Security
DailyTech – Another Major Mac Computer Security Flaw Discovered. And of course it’s another remote takeover vulnerability. I just posted about how Apple’s arrogance is biting them in the rear.
by wwarren | Aug 2, 2009 | Apple, Open Source, Security
Digital Society » Blog Archive » Apple keyboards hacked and possessed. BSD IS more secure than windows by default but no operating system is immune to stupid implementation. Exposing root or writing applications to run as root but not tell the operator are examples...
by wwarren | Aug 2, 2009 | Linux, Open Source, Security
It is going to be either Astaro or Untangle. Depending on what the clients needs are. Ipfire feels kludgey and ipcop isn’t really designed for modern hardware and is a bit too basic for my needs. Comixwall is a typical Debian distro..if you want to live in...
by wwarren | Aug 2, 2009 | Linux, Open Source
According to the Centos homepage: The CentOS Development team had a routine meeting today with Lance Davis in attendance. During the meeting a majority of issues were resolved immediately and a working agreement was reached with deadlines for remaining unresolved...
by wwarren | Jul 31, 2009 | Linux, Microsoft, Office, Open Source, Security, Windows
Pwnie Award Winners. I like this. It shows that nothing is sacred when it comes to security..:)
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2009 | Open Source, Security
When ‘Big Leaguers’ Get Hacked | threatpost.
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2009 | Microsoft, Open Source, Security
Security Fix – The Growing Threat to Business Banking Online. NO clients of mine that have run Firefox instead of IE and followed my best practices advice have gotten infected with malware. If you don’t get infected online baking is perfectly safe from...
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2009 | Microsoft, Office, Security, Windows
Researcher Shows Killbit is No Defense on MsVidCtl Flaw | threatpost. When you have a technology(Activex) that allows access directly to the kernel there is only one way to secure it..remove it. I have posted about this multiple times. Microsoft it is time for you...
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2009 | Linux, Open Source
For the clients running centos I am going to be researching other alternatives. Right now no servers are in danger of being unable to update. I will keep everyone informed as to how this situation unfolds.
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2009 | Linux
Read this site: Planet CentOS. It turns out the CentOS project is under the control of one person and that person has decided to disappear..for over a year. All monies that got donated did not go to CentOS but to the founding individual. This type of thing can...
