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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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Random Stuff for the week ending 9-30-17

Posted on September 29, 2017 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Random Stuff for the week ending 9-30-17

Since I don’t have a single topic to write about I figure some thoughts, ideas and endorsements/suggestions would be a nice change of pace. I have to wonder at what point we reach oversaturation on data breaches (if we haven’t already) to the point where people shrug their shoulders and go meh. I have to…

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First time for everything

Posted on September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 By Michael Kavka No Comments on First time for everything

On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 4PM CST, my manager gave me a document called KB1243-Critical-Install.docx to analyze. This document is a self executing zip file using a docx type, with an embedded OLE binary object that executes, contacts an external site, and downloads a payload. I ended my analysis about 11AM CST 9-13-2017. Below is…

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