CybersecKyle
CybersecKyle
Kyle
I love everything tech. You can check out more about me on my website. I blog about cybersecurity, technology trends, and best practices in IT. I even share the occasional tech review every now and then.
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The vibe A grounded weekly note with a little whiplash. Mostly everyday family life, then suddenly a wild neighborhood story that shifts the whole mood. Highlights I picked up my new glasses this week. I knew there was a reason I usually...
Photo by Jakub Żerdzicki on Unsplash I have profiles on Trakt, Letterboxd, Serializd, and Simkl. So this is not one of those posts where I picked a favorite without actually trying the alternatives. I have used all of them enough to know...
For years, the home router has been treated like an appliance you set up once and then forget about. That was always a mistake. This week, the FCC updated its Covered List to include foreign-made consumer routers, which means new models...
A child’s first email address might not sound like a cybersecurity topic, but I think it absolutely is. In security, we talk all the time about identity, access, exposure, and long-term risk. An email address sits right in the middle of...
The vibe Life maintenance and finish-line energy. Highlights My final class of my BSIT degree started on Tuesday. I am so glad that I am finally at the end of this journey! It has been a long road and frankly here towards the end, it has...
A while back I realized most people only care about network diagrams in two moments: when they have to explain the network to someone else, and when something is broken and nobody remembers how the network is actually put together. For a...
Another week coming in late with this one. The vibe Reflective, slightly overstimulated, but ending on a better note. Highlights Had my annual eye exam. My eyes didn’t change too much, I did get some new contacts though. I have been...
Most security news dies the death of a boring patch notice. This one should not. Why this story matters The recent wave of exploitation targeting Cisco SD-WAN systems matters because it is not just about one vendor having a bad month. It...
Old network edge devices often stay in place far longer than they should, creating technical debt and unnecessary security risk I keep coming back to the same thought lately: a lot of cybersecurity risk is not hiding in some mysterious...
(Image generated using ChatGPT) A lot of security awareness advice still acts like phishing begins and ends in the inbox. That is not the world we are working in anymore. Lately, the attack path has looked a lot more like this: flood a...
The vibe Motivated by the return of racing while navigating a few rough nights and a busy week of security work. Highlights This week kicked off the new season of F1! I have been waiting for this for a few month now. This season beings...
I’m back with Part 5 of the Everyday Defense track in my CybersecKyle Security How-To Series. Here’s what we’re going to cover: the pressure patterns scammers lean on, the exact one-minute routine to follow, and the safest ways to verify...
These past few weeks have been pretty rough for me, as you might have seen. I recently just haven’t felt like myself. Haven’t felt like getting on the internet much at all. As a result of that, I haven’t been writing much articles/posts...
Sorry for another late post. It has been a busy week again plus I have just been taking a break from the internet. As a result, I haven’t been writing as much. The vibe A “touch grass” week in the best way. Less internet, more real life:...
I have been seeing a noticeable increase in unwanted applications showing up on client endpoints lately. Not full-on ransomware. Not always an obvious infection. Just the annoying middle layer: adware, PUPs, and browser junk that eats...