A user holding a security alert faces a maze of support forms, email routes, tickets, and dead ends before the report reaches a security operations team.

Security Reporting Is a Security Control. Treat It Like One.

This is Part 2 of When Your Brand Becomes the Bait, a three-part series examining brand-impersonation phishing, security-reporting friction, and the privacy risks created when abuse reports are forwarded to suspected operators. In the first article in this series, I described a phishing attempt that reached me through Nextdoor shortly…
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A Fake Nextdoor Page Asked for My Credit Card. What Should Happen Next?

This is Part 1 of When Your Brand Becomes the Bait, a three-part series examining brand-impersonation phishing, security-reporting friction, and the privacy risks created when abuse reports are forwarded to suspected operators. On Friday, July 31, I posted several items for sale on Nextdoor. Almost immediately, I received a direct…
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Vibe Coding a WordPress Plugin – What Worked and What Didn’t, plus What I Paid Attention To

I use vibe coding more and more lately as see opportunities to safely leverage it. There are areas where I’m hesitant to use it though. Not because I didn’t think it worked, but because of information security concerns. I’ve spent enough time writing code across different languages and environments to…
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ECHOGEAR Open Rack

My home lab has evolved over the years. It’s gone down from a half rack with some nice 4U cases on rails to a few systems on the desk. Those “few” systems have started to grow and I’ve also wanted to free up a bit more desk space. During my…
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Getting RAID Inside a Dell

Note: This article uses Affiliate Links. I’ll earn a small commission, at no cost to you, if you purchase items through those links. Since I’m using the items and found them worthwhile, I feel I am still in integrity with my goals by doing this. Lately I’ve gotten into using…
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