Skip to content
Silicon Shecky

Silicon Shecky

Infosec Practitioner

  • Security is Reactionary, No Matter What Security
  • New Year, New Post, from the start General
  • First Defcon – The results Reviews
  • Defender, KQL and Lockbit Microsoft
  • Do well, not be “popular” Ramblings
  • Defense Layers: A Case Study Microsoft
  • Device vs. User Microsoft
  • Ransomware, Are You Ready? General

Category: Internet/Music

Deck the Halls with Security advice

Posted on November 27, 2013 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Deck the Halls with Security advice

It is that time of year. Holiday shopping, Black Friday, Cyber Monday (that still sounds like a XXX movie), and the like. Special offers abound, and the bad guys are ready to get you. Some simple steps to stay safer during the holidays. This is the time of year that the criminal digital underground loves….

Read More “Deck the Halls with Security advice” »

Computers, Internet/Music, Security

Google.. what are you doing?

Posted on January 24, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Google.. what are you doing?

Google’s Bradley Horowitz recently announced that Google+ will be accepting Nicknames and Pseudonyms. Considering other changes, is Google+ drowning?

Google, Internet/Music, Social Networking

SOPA/PIPA: What Happens Now?

Posted on January 20, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on SOPA/PIPA: What Happens Now?

This week there was protesting going on about SOPA and PIPA. The real question is, what happens now? Congressmen are removing their support. the people who introduced the bills are removing the DNS blocking provisions. What more needs to happen is the question that they will ask. First, lets start with this, a politicians promise…

Read More “SOPA/PIPA: What Happens Now?” »

Internet/Music, Rants, Security

Posts pagination

1 2 … 10 Next
  • About
  • Links
    • Burbsec
    • BSides312
    • Infosec Exchange Mastodon
    • BSidesRoc
    • Hacks4Pancakes Blog
    • Krebs On Security
    • Bleeping Computer
  • Categories
    • General
    • Computers
    • Software
    • Rants
    • Security
    • Internet/Music
    • Reviews
    • Microsoft
    • Hardware
    • Mobile Computing
  • Archives
  • Social Media

Browse by tags

2008 Active Directory Android Antivirus Apple Beta CarbonBlack Chrome Computers Exchange Exchange 2007 Firefox General Thoughts Google InfoSec Internet Explorer iOS iPad IT Linux Mac Malware Microsoft OS OSx Patches SBS SBS 2008 Security Server SMB Software Support Surface TechEd Thotcon Tweets Ubuntu Verizon Virus Vista Windows Windows 7 Windows 8 XP
  • About
  • Links
    • Burbsec
    • BSides312
    • Infosec Exchange Mastodon
    • BSidesRoc
    • Hacks4Pancakes Blog
    • Krebs On Security
    • Bleeping Computer
  • Categories
    • General
    • Computers
    • Software
    • Rants
    • Security
    • Internet/Music
    • Reviews
    • Microsoft
    • Hardware
    • Mobile Computing
  • Archives
  • Social Media

Connect

  • Bluesky
  • LinkedIn
  • Mastodon
  • RSS
  • Twitter

RSS feed: iFin Intel Feed iFin Intel Feed

  • "Objective by the Sea" v2.0 September 24, 2026
  • Burned by Fire(fox) (Part II) September 24, 2026
  • Burned by Fire(fox) (Part I) September 24, 2026
  • Getting Root with Benign AppStore Apps September 24, 2026
  • Burned by Fire(fox) (Part III) September 24, 2026
  • Mac Adware, à la Python September 24, 2026
  • The 'S' in Zoom, Stands for Security September 24, 2026
  • [0day] Abusing XLM Macros in SYLK Files September 24, 2026
  • Pass the AppleJeus September 24, 2026
  • Mass Surveillance, is an (un)Complicated Business September 24, 2026
  • Lazarus Group Goes 'Fileless' September 24, 2026
  • The Mac Malware of 2019 September 24, 2026

Browse by tags

2008 Active Directory Android Antivirus Apple Beta CarbonBlack Chrome Computers Exchange Exchange 2007 Firefox General Thoughts Google InfoSec Internet Explorer iOS iPad IT Linux Mac Malware Microsoft OS OSx Patches SBS SBS 2008 Security Server SMB Software Support Surface TechEd Thotcon Tweets Ubuntu Verizon Virus Vista Windows Windows 7 Windows 8 XP

RSS feed: iFin Intel Feed iFin Intel Feed

  • "Objective by the Sea" v2.0 September 24, 2026
  • Burned by Fire(fox) (Part II) September 24, 2026
  • Burned by Fire(fox) (Part I) September 24, 2026
  • Getting Root with Benign AppStore Apps September 24, 2026
  • Burned by Fire(fox) (Part III) September 24, 2026
  • Mac Adware, à la Python September 24, 2026
  • The 'S' in Zoom, Stands for Security September 24, 2026
  • [0day] Abusing XLM Macros in SYLK Files September 24, 2026
  • Pass the AppleJeus September 24, 2026
  • Mass Surveillance, is an (un)Complicated Business September 24, 2026
  • Lazarus Group Goes 'Fileless' September 24, 2026
  • The Mac Malware of 2019 September 24, 2026
  • Security is Reactionary, No Matter What Security
  • New Year, New Post, from the start General
  • First Defcon – The results Reviews
  • Defender, KQL and Lockbit Microsoft
  • Do well, not be “popular” Ramblings
  • Defense Layers: A Case Study Microsoft
  • Device vs. User Microsoft
  • Ransomware, Are You Ready? General

Social Media

  • Bluesky
  • Mastodon
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2026 Silicon Shecky.