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Author: Michael Kavka

Crying Wolf

Posted on May 18, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Crying Wolf

It is happening more and more, and it is hurting how we are perceived. Flaws that are treated as super critical potentially end of the world and upon further inspection are not. This needs to change. I almost titled this piece OMGWTFBBQ because that is what happened again recently. A flaw was teased on Monday…

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Thotcon 0x9

Posted on May 11, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Thotcon 0x9

Security/Hacking conferences are interesting. Each one has its own uniqueness about it, and yet they are all similar in some fashion, stemming from the “granddaddy” of them all, Defcon. These conferences are all over the place, and in the Chicago area we have two main ones, BSides Chicago and Thotcon. Now Thotcon just happened over…

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Lack of Vision

Posted on May 3, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Lack of Vision

I have noticed something about our field. The lack of vision we have. We get comfortable with our knowledge, and are afraid of being wrong. We blind ourselves which makes us susceptible to attacks. ? via GIPHY Unfortunately this feeling can eventually lead us to feeling like this when things go wrong: ? via GIPHY…

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