Mastodawn

New blog in which my team and I go down the rabbit hole of Entra privileged roles and try to make sense of things... Check it out and let us know what you think!

Confused by Entra ID’s admin roles? You’re not alone. In our blog, The TrustedSec Remediation Team cuts through the noise with a three-tier model that highlights which roles matter most and how to secure each one—resulting in a consistent and smarter identity strategy. Read now!

https://trustedsec.com/blog/managing-privileged-roles-in-microsoft-entra-id-a-pragmatic-approach

#entraID #cybersecurity #microsoft

Managing Privileged Roles in Microsoft Entra ID: A Pragmatic Approach

TrustedSec

Mike Owens Nov 4

Voted! #DemocracyInAction

Mike Owens Oct 30

Which public cloud infrastructure provider will go down today and why does nobody care if it's GCP?

Mike Owens Oct 30

Paul Asadoorian Oct 30

It turns out that your webcam runs Linux too (Reference: https://eclypsium.com/blog/badcam-now-weaponizing-linux-webcams/)

Mike Owens Oct 28

Excited to share that I'm presenting at Queen City Conference in Cincinnati, Nov. 7-9. Join me Friday afternoon for "I Will Survive: Protecting Backup and Recovery in the Age of Ransomware". See you there! https://queencitycon.org
#cybersecurity #conference #backups #ransomware

Mike Owens Oct 23

"It turns out, in the end, that there’s only one check and balance that actually matters: Good character. Everything else in a constitutional system follows and relies on that simple foundation." Another incisive take from @vermontgmg
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-check-and-balance-that-actually-matters

The only check-and-balance that actually matters

Doomsday Scenario

Mike Owens Aug 28, 2025

Check out my latest work -- a framework for ensuring you can recover from backups when disaster strikes: You’ve made backups, now it’s time to make them resilient. The Defensive Backup Infrastructure Controls framework is a system I developed to protect backups, harden systems, and ensure recovery during data loss or attacks. Read now!
https://trustedsec.com/blog/protecting-backups

Protecting Backup and Recovery in the Age of Ransomware

TrustedSec

Mike Owens Aug 27, 2025

"'Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now,' [Minneapolis Mayor Jacob] Frey said at a news conference outside the school. 'These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.'"
https://apnews.com/live/minneapolis-annunciation-school-shooting

Live updates: Shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school injured at least five children, local hospital says

A shooting occurred on Wednesday during the first week of classes at a Minneapolis Catholic school, Minnesota’s governor said. There was no immediate information on any injuries.

AP News

Mike Owens Jul 28, 2025

Today is the 157th anniversary of the official adoption of the #14thAmendment to the U.S. #Constitution. Seems like an appropriate time to post the text of article 1 in particular, just in case anyone has forgotten what it says:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
https://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_am14-html/

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 14 – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net - U.S. Constitution.net

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 14 Amendment 14 – Citizenship Rights <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which […]

Mike Owens Jul 6, 2025

With the demise of @mozilla @pocket_recommends app, I'm switching to #selfhosted @wallabag. To migrate my thousands of saved articles and hundreds of favorites, ended up building a few scripts to fix migration deficiencies on both sides. Check it out if you're moving too: https://github.com/qu13t0ne/pocket2wallabag

Issue 1: @pocket_recommends CSV export doesn't indicate favorites!!! With over 700 favorited articles, this wasn't gonna fly for me! Fix is to use the Pocket API to add a custom tag (which does export) to all articles before exporting.

Issue 2: #wallabag struggled with importing the 12K saves I was trying to bring over. Plus the Pocket imports in Wallabag don't preserve tags. So fix is another script to convert pocket export to wallabag v2 json format, with some extra processing to handle the 'favorite' tag.

Et, voila!

#pocket #wallabag #selfhosted @nicosomb

GitHub - qu13t0ne/pocket2wallabag: PowerShell scripts to ease the migration from Pocket (RIP) to wallabag

PowerShell scripts to ease the migration from Pocket (RIP) to wallabag - qu13t0ne/pocket2wallabag

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