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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Yesterday was a busy Monday so yet again, I am writing these notes on Tuesday. But hey, better late than never, right? Let’s dive into the weekly notes for week 7 of 2026! The vibe Practical, steady, and a little cozy: health check...
(Image generated using ChatGPT) I have spent years doing the boring, unsexy work of keeping systems safe: least privilege, logging, MFA, segmentation, the whole “trust nothing” routine that MSP and security folks live in. So when Ring...
Let me preface this by saying… Let’s GO SUPER BOWL CHAMPS! 🏆🏈 My Seahawks did it! We got the revenge we’ve been waiting for. Okay now for the weekly notes. LOL The vibe A mostly steady, practical week with a lot going right, right up...
(Image generated with ChatGPT) At 1:15 a.m. on 2/8, my phone lit up like it was auditioning for a disaster movie. Our SOC was calling in full panic mode: “Something is clearing activity on endpoints. We’re seeing logs getting wiped.” My...
A SIEM is supposed to help you see an attack while it’s still unfolding, not three weeks later during a postmortem. In practice, a lot of SIEMs end up as expensive log warehouses that nobody wants to touch unless something is already on...
A buddy in infosec recently asked a question that hits the painful truth about containers: they feel disposable right up until you need evidence. “What logs need to be collected and what’s the best way to snapshot for further digging?”...
I really need to start keeping some sort of daily log so I can remember what the heck I did throughout the week. My memory is terrible. The vibe A steady, practical week of tuning the knobs: comfort, focus, and craft, one small...
Some nights I open my blog folder the way you open the fridge. Not because I’m starving, but because I need to see what’s in there. A half-finished draft. A headline that felt clever yesterday. A note to myself that just says “add...
Cybersecurity Weekly Roundup — the week’s biggest security news, distilled into signal and next steps. (Image generated with ChatGPT) 🧭 Overview The last seven days came in hot. Fortinet pushed fixes for an actively exploited FortiCloud...
The exact roadblock: High Sierra Recovery failing with “The recovery server could not be contacted,” even though the Mac was online. A client called me with that special kind of panic you can hear through the phone. They had tried to...
I am back with Part 4 of the Everyday Defense track in my CybersecKyle Security How-To Series. The goal here is simple: make your browser boring to attackers without making your browsing miserable. Your lock screen is your first line of...
(Photo by Microsoft 365 on Unsplash) Somebody, somewhere, is always one click away from chaos. Sometimes it’s deliberate. Most of the time it’s accidental. Either way, the goal is the same: design the environment so one human can’t...
The vibe A fake-apocalypse snow week that still managed to bite, held together with space heaters, nostalgia dopamine, and the sheer satisfaction of typing “draft complete.” Highlights I survived SNOWMAGEDDON 2026! Most of the weather...
This is what I’m focused on right now, in the real world, not the aspirational multiverse where I have unlimited time. Work I’m deep in MSP life, doing the usual blend of cybersecurity, IT admin, and “why is this one thing suddenly on...
Cybersecurity Weekly Roundup — the week’s biggest security news, distilled into signal and next steps. (Image generated with ChatGPT) 🧭 Overview The last seven days were loud in all the usual places: Cisco patched an actively exploited...