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: Rants

Do well, not be “popular”

Posted on March 9, 2022 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Do well, not be “popular”

I’ve had some things on my mind so this will turn into a rant or stream of consciousness. If you feel called out on this post, it happens. Hopefully this will help some others out there. See, I’ve spent the last 15 years, as I moved from a Network Engineer to a Security Engineer, trying…

Read More “Do well, not be “popular”” »

Ramblings, Rants

Gatekeeping and Treatment of Others

Posted on May 21, 2021 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Gatekeeping and Treatment of Others

There is an issue in the world that we see crop up in the Information Security/Cyber Security field, gatekeeping. We tend to equate it with making it more difficult to get a job, harder for people to break into the industry, and of course expecting people to just know things. The world of IT/IS we…

Read More “Gatekeeping and Treatment of Others” »

Rants

The one about banking passwords…

Posted on March 5, 2021 By Michael Kavka No Comments on The one about banking passwords…

The world of cybersecurity understands the need for secure passwords. While passwords with special characters, numbers and both capital and lower case letters help make them more secure, length is a factor. These reasons, alongside with using unique passwords are why we recommend password managers. It has been a long running feud with sites to…

Read More “The one about banking passwords…” »

Rants, Security, Software

Posts pagination

1 2 … 36 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.