Mastodawn

The basics of securing your clients' environments with #AI or even #Agents onboard haven't changed. It's the same 5 things we've been begging for for YEARS.

If the basics aren't covered, nothing you do specifically for AI protection matters, because it's built on no foundation.

Dom Kirby Dec 17

2025 is the first "Year of the AI Agent" I'm told. So, my first 2026 AI prediction, we'll see the first companies post entry level roles demanding ten years of agent implementation experience.

Dom Kirby Dec 16

Anyone keeping count of how many times "smart glasses" will be the next big thing? Maybe it'll stick this time.

https://www.engadget.com/wearables/in-2025-tech-giants-decided-smart-glasses-are-the-next-big-thing-163000812.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Manual-Pipeline

In 2025, tech giants decided smart glasses are the next big thing

As we near the end of 2025, it's becoming increasingly apparent that smart glasses are going to be the next "big" thing. Here's why.

Engadget

Dom Kirby Dec 16

I would say it sounded like a good idea at first, but it really didn't. Flock is a total disaster and a complete misapplication of good intention...

https://therecord.media/flock-safety-cameras-remained-active-after-cities-asked-turned-off?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Manual-Pipeline

Flock cameras remained active in two cities where officials had asked for them to be turned off

Officials in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Eugene, Oregon, found that some Flock Safety license plate readers were still active after the municipalities asked for services to be terminated.

Dom Kirby Dec 16

AI doesn't change cyber fundamentals. At all. The 700Credit breach seems to be the result of shitty supply chain, 5 million records. The breaches will continue until hygiene improves.

https://therecord.media/data-breaches-affecting-20-million-prosper-700credit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Manual-Pipeline

Nearly 20 million affected by Prosper, 700Credit data breaches

Fintech company Prosper Marketplace and car dealership services provider 700Credit are the latest financial institutions to report data breaches affecting millions of Americans.

Dom Kirby Dec 16

Thou shalt test, test, and retest thou's user termination processes!

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coupang-data-breach-traced-to-ex-employee-who-retained-system-access/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Manual-Pipeline

Coupang data breach traced to ex-employee who retained system access

A data breach at Coupang that exposed the information of 33.7 million customers has been tied to a former employee who retained access to internal systems after leaving the company.

BleepingComputer

Dom Kirby Dec 11

Of all the things that for sure did not happen, DNS did not double your speed 🙄

Dom Kirby Mar 5, 2025

Do you have a way to communicate with clients when the email goes down? Last weekend's Microsoft outage reminded me of the value of the humble status page.

https://domkirby.com/blog/out-of-band-outage-alerts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Manual-Pipeline

#MicrosoftOutage

Can your MSP Communicate Outages Out of Band? - Dom Kirby

Over the weekend (on 3/1 to be exact), there was a significant outage at Microsoft impacting primarily Exchange Online but also some other services. Even though this outage was relatively short, many MSPs reported receiving lots of emergency calls, texts, tickets, etc. With that in mind, have you thought about how you communicate outages to […]

Dom Kirby

Dom Kirby Mar 3, 2025

The legacy MFA and SSPR settings are moving to the Authentication Methods policy on 9/30/2025, definitely something you'll want to get ahead of to avoid any potential workflow interruptions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/how-to-authentication-methods-manage

#EntraID

How to migrate to the Authentication methods policy - Microsoft Entra ID

Learn about how to centrally manage multifactor authentication and self-service password reset (SSPR) settings in the Authentication methods policy.

Dom Kirby Feb 26, 2025

This is why #AdBlockers can be a helpful security tool. This ad for a "PC App Store" was conveniently placed next to the download button for Notepad++

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