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Mike

@mike.thinkersec.com

303 followers 298 following 370 posts

I work in cybersecurity but I live in literature, art, and science.

Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 21/12/2025

One one hand, those Epstein File retractions are getting out of control! On the other hand, can we totally black out everywhere Trump appears? Everywhere? Please?

Picture of the illegally rebranded John F Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts where Trump had added his name but Trump's name is covered with a black rectangle just like in the Epstein files.

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 13/11/2025

Some people believe death is the last great adventure. But they never had this choice before them!

Screenshot of the "Self-service upgrade to Okta Identity Engine, promising a one click upgrade with zero downtime! Do you believe it? Are you willing to take that chance?

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 07/11/2025

POV you're not sure if Windows is getting a little too frisky with you.

Screenshot of Windows' MFA prompt saying "Touch your security key"
This seems a little forward, don't you think?

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 29/10/2025

This was when I knew youtube understood my music preferences. Skinny Puppy followed by The Sundays? Rock on!

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 28/10/2025

As we wrap up cybersecurity awareness month and slide into the holidays, do not take this opportunity to trick them into thinking the company cares about them but it's actually a phishing test with security awareness training penalties attached.

Screenshot of a Threads post by @pamelacomedy saying "Sometimes I think about how Spanx gave their employees first class tickets anywhere in the world plus 10k. Meanwhile, I once worked for a company that emailed us a 20 dollar Walmart gift card for Christmas. I clicked the link and it turned out to be a cybersecurity test. Instead of a gift card, I had to take an internet safety class during my day off.
Adding that they didn't even give us cost-of-living increases that year, so my first though was "at least they're doing something for the holidays!"
They in fact, were doing nothing.

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 24/10/2025

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 24/10/2025

Completely true!

Photo: Ray is standing at a podium sitting to a crowd. He is wearing a nice gray suit, no belt, and a black t-shirt with the word REDACTED in red. To his right a projector is showing his talk's slide, it is a picture of Jake's bio from his own slide deck presented yesterday. Jake's first bullet point claims he is the Supreme Allied Commander of Antifa, and we know it's true because we voted for him in the secret Antifa elections.

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 10/06/2025

I received this and assumed they meant they were cutting prices because their AI is garbage. I couldn't have been more wrong.

We’re writing to inform you of the price change that will go into effect for your Google Workspace Business Starter subscription on or after July 9, 2025. The updated subscription pricing reflects "the significant added AI value"

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 24/05/2025

I got my Scientifically Accurate Star print and it is glorious! Thank you, Dr Brock!

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 20/03/2025

Meme with a screenshot from the animated movie Mulan showing a blazing fire with the caption "Now all of China knows you're here"
Above the pic is a banner "When you accidentally turn on location on your Huawei phone"

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 18/02/2025

Meme with three frames:
Dracula shunning sunlight
Superman shunning kryptonite
Elon Musk and the Traitor Tots shunning COBOL. The joke is the kids and Elon looked at data dumps from the Social Security Admin and didn't understand how dates work, or any of the other stats they got from it.
Every day Elon show he doesn't understood how anything works and he broadcasts it to the world.

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 16/02/2025

Modern computing in a nutshell.

Meme with two images. The first is Christian Bale in glasses, hair slicked back, thin smile on his face. He says "Oh, you added a new AI feature? Impressive. Very nice."
Second image is Bale continuing, "Now, show me how I disable it."

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 07/02/2025

According to the documentation, if you're creating a site to site VPN with a Palo Alto Networks firewall to AWS, you don't need to enter Proxy IDs. However, if on the AWS side you enter the Local and Remote IPv4 CIDRs, you MUST put those as Proxy IDs on the Palo Alto.

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 13/01/2025

The part in the red circle

Screenshot of Derek's username with die work wear circled in red

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 07/01/2025

Hey @tracketpacer.bsky.social thank you for the USB console cable recommendation. This slim cable is so much better than the stacked RS232 combo.

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 02/01/2025

Funny linkedin stuff: It's chuckle worthy when people use an automated tool without checking the output and send messages like this. It's also fun that linkedin thinks everyone with a "Confidential" workplace are colleagues and suggests we all connect with each other. That could be compromising.

Screenshot of a message request saying "Congratulations on your new role as Chief Technology Officer at Confidential."

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 27/12/2024

I walked out of my office and realized I'd left my keys, door fob, and phone on my desk. Luckily I found a sheet of plastic and a door with a mis-fit latch.

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 16/12/2024

Thanks but looks like it's another Win10-only option.

Windows10 Multitasking settings with an option that can be disabled for "When I resize snapped windows, simultaneously resize any adjacent snapped window"

Windows 11 Multitasking settings without an option that can be disabled for "When I resize snapped windows, simultaneously resize any adjacent snapped window"

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 07/12/2024

Tough decisions ahead...

Meme: Two buttons are shown.
Button 1 is labeled: Make insurance coverage better
Button 2 is labeled: Go into hiding
Bottom frame has a man, sweating, trying to decide which button to push

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