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Category: Security

Lack of Control?

Posted on June 7, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Lack of Control?

You get a tool to use. The tool looks good, in fact other tools from the same company look good. This tool though seems to be the red-headed stepchild. Recently, I have been trying to clean up and tune an endpoint solution. It is made by a company I have some respect for, and I…

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Thotcon 0x9

Posted on May 11, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Thotcon 0x9

Security/Hacking conferences are interesting. Each one has its own uniqueness about it, and yet they are all similar in some fashion, stemming from the “granddaddy” of them all, Defcon. These conferences are all over the place, and in the Chicago area we have two main ones, BSides Chicago and Thotcon. Now Thotcon just happened over…

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Reviews, Security

Lack of Vision

Posted on May 3, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Lack of Vision

I have noticed something about our field. The lack of vision we have. We get comfortable with our knowledge, and are afraid of being wrong. We blind ourselves which makes us susceptible to attacks. ? via GIPHY Unfortunately this feeling can eventually lead us to feeling like this when things go wrong: ? via GIPHY…

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