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This week and some thoughts on Kaspersky

Posted on October 13, 2017 By Michael Kavka No Comments on This week and some thoughts on Kaspersky

Interesting week this week for me. I uploaded a few new Powershell Scripts to my Github, mind you that while changing telephone numbers or unchecking an attribute box in AD is not sexy security, these scripts do show how to do some manipulation. The Attribute box for “Deny this user permission to Remote Desktop Session…

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Time changes things

Posted on October 5, 2017October 5, 2017 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Time changes things

The title says it all, time changes things. Communities change, adjust, split and reform. Your perspective changes as you wind up with more filters from more experiences. With all that has been going on in the infosec world, I think a non-technical article, a look at how things can and do change is relevant. All…

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Practice What You Preach

Posted on August 4, 2017 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Practice What You Preach

Over the last week, the infosec community has had a hard lesson thrown at it. Are we going to actually learn from it though?   We are self righteous, our community, the world of infosec. We preach, make fun of, pick on, slam, and do just about anything else negative about how things get handled….

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