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Author: Michael Kavka

Superstars and Giving Back to the Community

Posted on February 18, 2016 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Superstars and Giving Back to the Community

We all hear it. Give back to the community. Speak at a conference they say. Yeah, about that… I follow a lot of Infosec people on twitter. I frequent some Infosec IRC channels. I’ve met some of the more well known Infosec people what I would call the “Superstars” of the Infosec world. I call…

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Infosec: You are probably already doing it

Posted on December 28, 2015 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Infosec: You are probably already doing it

Recently on Twitter, a bunch of people in the Infosec community have been talking about getting new people involved more. Helping the next round of professionals get up to speed or keeping them interested and getting them in the field. So what is the problem here? Why aren’t they coming in and switching over. Using…

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Security Slimebags or How to be forced to pay for security

Posted on October 5, 2015 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Security Slimebags or How to be forced to pay for security

Android is the most popular mobile OS in the world. It also has some of the most frightening security holes, currently Stagefright. The carriers know this and use it to legally to seemingly extort their customers. Apple has one thing that Android doesn’t have, and that is a decent patch cycle. You can see people…

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