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Category: Rants

What is Threat Hunting?

Posted on March 15, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on What is Threat Hunting?

Threat Hunting, yes another set of buzzwords. The world of Information Security is a smorgasbord of buzzwords. Still, threat hunting.  It sound glamorous, worthwhile, fun and interesting. The question is, just what is it? I admit it, I am taken in by the idea of Threat Hunting. Feels like something important (which it is) and…

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Rants, Security

The case for proper information or WHY CAN’T I UPGRADE THIS?

Posted on March 9, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on The case for proper information or WHY CAN’T I UPGRADE THIS?

Legacy OSes, Legacy systems. We all know that it sucks having them. We all have to deal with them. Software companies do not always account for them though. When you work internally in a medium to large business change happens slowly at times. I recently ran into a weird issue due to slow change. I…

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Rants, Security, Software

Line in the… silicon

Posted on February 15, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Line in the… silicon

We have a problem. It is a big problem. We want maturity. Maturity of the security scene. Mature security postures. All while we tend to be immature gits. This is a big problem. Over the last week there was yet another big to do in our community, and a few more minor ones. Lets start…

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