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Are you sure it is the execs?

Posted on May 11, 2021 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Are you sure it is the execs?

Security is all the rage today. Supply Chain attacks, Ransomware, Data Exfiltration, it is all in the news pretty consistently. We as security practitioners have a tough job. We know there is no such thing as being 100% secure so we make our best effort at securing and detecting. We also realize that detection and…

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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…

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Holiday CTF review

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Holiday CTF review

With the holiday season behind us so are the yearly holiday themed CTF challenges. I participated in 2 of them , TryHackMe’s Advent of Cyber and SANS Holiday Hack Challenge. Going into TryHackMe’s Advent of Cyber I was not sure what to expect. I had been using TryHackMe off and on for learning. I had…

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