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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Coming in a day late with this one again but it is for a good reason. I was busy launching my new design yesterday. The vibe This week felt grounded in the best way. There was a lot of energy poured into launching my new blog design, but...
If you are coming here to read this post, you probably notice that CybersecKyle looks a little different now. Actually, a lot different. I finally launched a redesign that has been bouncing around in my head for a while, and I wanted to...
I spent some time reading the 2026 Cyber Protect Report, and the biggest thing that stuck with me was not AI, nation-state actors, or some brand-new attack technique. It was the reminder that most organizations are still getting burned...
The tension I keep coming back to I recently read Joel’s post, “Unpolished human websites”, and it hit on something I think a lot of us who care about the independent web have felt for a while now. He is not wrong. Part of what makes...
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...