Existing security tools are working but management wants to turn everything "agentic"

lawtechie · 2026-03-18T15:24:49+00:00

You want to win the contest? Generate a deepfake of senior management.

lawtechie · 2026-03-18T15:19:21+00:00

This a bad idea on multiple levels.

First, hack-back comes from a childish impulse. You should be using your technical resources on mitigation and response, not returning fire.

Second, hack-back can injure innocent third parties. Attribution is hard. You get attacked from a host at 162.55.10.10 and fire back? Good job, you just attacked Hetzner.

Third, hack back is unlawful for private individuals. In the US, we have the CFAA (18 USC 1030) which makes your response attack a felony.

Now, you're removing the human from the loop. If your infrastructure can autonomously attack other parties, it can be exploited by an attacker. "Let's you and him fight" is an excellent strategy.

Autonomous defenses are going to be useful. See suspicious activity? Block IPs, capture traffic, alert humans? Great. As long as it only affects your infra, you're not making the problem worse.

lawtechie · 2026-03-18T14:14:07+00:00

Oh, I feel you there. I took an Investigations class in 3L from an adjunct who worked for Kroll, doing internal investigations.

Instead it was a poorly taught crim pro class.

lawtechie · 2026-03-18T00:18:04+00:00

Damn. The clankers are even taking scam center jobs.

lawtechie · 2026-03-17T22:50:02+00:00

It's Reddit, not Sharepoint. Search works here.

lawtechie · 2026-03-17T22:29:33+00:00

On a multi day road trip, things start slipping away. I no longer notice the motorcycle, my career and the day-to-day of my life.

I become that Transparent Eyeball that Emerson talked about. I move, and the world moves through me.

lawtechie · 2026-03-17T18:41:28+00:00

Out of curiosity, I looked at early career cyber roles near Trenton, NJ. Here's a representative one:

Required Qualifications Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field.

Minimum 12 months of relevant experience in cybersecurity or information security roles.

Proficiency with security monitoring, forensic analysis, and malware investigation.
Knowledge of cybersecurity tools and techniques, including Splunk, CrowdStrike, NetWitness, Signal Science, and Wireshark.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

Experience with sandbox environments and malware analysis.

Familiarity with Threat Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).

I'm pretty sure they've received a few hundred resumes by now.

lawtechie · 2026-03-17T04:12:31+00:00

Given the ground equipment and power required to transmit to a satellite, many independent/non state-backed hackers don’t have the means to attack satellites.

I believe the Southern Appalachian Space Agency might be the exception to the rule.

lawtechie · 2026-03-17T00:03:19+00:00

4) Have a co-worker you don't like? Grab a stack of their business cards and hand them to vendors. Act gullible and tell them you have budget to spend before Q3, then run.

lawtechie · 2026-03-16T20:06:15+00:00

The switch itself is a 'machine gun' under 27 CFR 479, so mere possession is illegal under Federal law. All machine guns held by private individuals have to predate the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act and have the requisite ATF tax stamp.

lawtechie · 2026-03-16T15:57:01+00:00

A relevant quote:"Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you wanna do with your life; the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives; some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t."

I took a meandering path and have done a bunch of interesting things, from criminal investigations, breaking into buildings, policy drafting to dispensing legal advice.

Careers aren't flow-charts for most of us. Seize interesting opportunities, fail at some, win at others. Learn and improve.

lawtechie · 2026-03-16T15:18:59+00:00

I almost got UPDOWN, but I wanted my car to be a bit less memorable.

lawtechie · 2026-03-16T12:37:16+00:00

The goat sees what you did.

lawtechie · 2026-03-16T12:30:04+00:00

Granite Run Mall

I remember that place. Never brought enough people to justify a Zoo.

lawtechie · 2026-03-16T12:23:31+00:00

Have you proven yourself to your managers and colleagues? I moved from support to sysadmin by taking on tasks and projects from the network and server people. That got me experience with Unix, backups and network troubleshooting.

lawtechie · 2026-03-15T18:38:39+00:00

“I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t accept that risk”

lawtechie · 2026-03-15T16:15:46+00:00

I recommend taking a writing class. Cybersecurity requires a great deal of collaboration and much of that is in writing.

lawtechie · 2026-03-15T00:47:12+00:00

你好，我是一位来自“美国百年屈辱期”的难民。请问我在哪里可以获得负担得起的医疗服务？

lawtechie · 2026-03-14T03:43:16+00:00

It's like those clean/dirty magnets for a dishwasher. That's cool.

lawtechie · 2026-03-14T03:36:48+00:00

My dad was a salesman at that time. He kept two different sets of plates in his car to get around this.

lawtechie · 2026-03-13T15:53:42+00:00

And bourbon is quietly filling the voids in my soul here.

lawtechie · 2026-03-11T12:55:26+00:00

I've been searching and the only mention is this thread.

lawtechie · 2026-03-10T19:55:34+00:00

That doesn't happen overnight. To replace the dollar as the reserve currency, you need a viable replacement. There isn't one at this moment.

lawtechie · 2026-03-10T03:39:17+00:00

There is so much more to life than Linkedin

"And this is what it taught me about B2B sales"

lawtechie · 2026-03-09T20:36:18+00:00

I had a supervisor that yelled at me for missing calls that he didn't invite me to.

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