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Changed:updated April 22, 2025 10:42 pm EST
Weekly Changes 4/21/25-4/27/25
April 22, 2025
- 5 new infosec blogs this week
- Added Line Jumping to named vulns
April 21, 2025
- Added Well-Known Resource Index to infosec tools list
- Noted BQC: Outdoor Activities
- Posted Over/Under with Shellsharks
Posted:
Yeah, I Made It Lilac
Keep the web weird and wonderful. Your site is a great place to start. Be weird.
published April 18, 2025 Inscribed:
Scroll duodecim
Welcome to volume twelve of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week, we’re brewing web-potions, celebrating the Fediverse, and scrapping some funeral plans (for now).
published April 18, 2025 Posted:
The Death of CVE
CVE is dying. Or is it? Either way, here's what you should know, and how to prepare for what's next.
published April 16, 2025 Posted:
The Cybersecurity Workforce Crisis
A somewhat coherent analysis of the seemingly ever-present cybersecurity workforce crisis.
published April 15, 2025 Noted:
Get your payment links out of my face
I like this from @bradenslen - Blogger How Pushy are You About Getting Paid?This is one of the reasons I loathe Medium and Substack—they’re all WAY too pushy with getting me to sign up, subscribe, pay—before I even have a chance to read a single thing from that author. Not...
published April 15, 2025 Posted:
Renewal
Contemplating the word "Renewal", an IndieWeb Carnival prompt.
published April 15, 2025 Posted:
Just Put It On Your Blog
If you've got something to say, something to share, something that others might be interested in - why not just put it on your blog?
published April 14, 2025 Noted:
Hypocrisy. Illiteracy. Deception.
We need to stop platforming Nazis—available on my Substack.
published April 14, 2025 Posted:
Nature Appreciation
Answering a few questions about my favorite things in nature (A Blog Questions Challenge).
published April 14, 2025 Changed:updated April 18, 2025 9:30 pm EST
Weekly Changes 4/14/25-4/20/25
April 18, 2025
- 8 new infosec blogs this week
- Inscribed Scroll duodecim
- Posted Yeah, I Made It Lilac
April 16, 2025
- Added Vulnerability-Lookup, GCVE.eu, ENISA, CVE Tracker & CVEdetails.com to infosec tools list
- Posted The Death of CVE
April 15, 2025
- Posted Renewal as part of IndieWeb Carnival
- Noted Get your payment links out of my face
- Posted The Cybersecurity Workforce Crisis
April 14, 2025
- Linked Please for the love of Blarg, Start a Blog
- Posted Nature Appreciation
- Published my /not page
- Noted Hypocrisy. Illiteracy. Deception.
- Posted Just Put It On Your Blog
Inscribed:
Scroll ūndecim
Welcome to volume eleven of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week we do whatever we want, the Fediverse is doomed (but less doomed than elsewhere), and we visit Hacking-town.
published April 11, 2025 Posted:
Welcome Home
My site is my (digital) home. It's where I put all my e-stuff. It's a comfortable space for me to hang out and for friends to gather.
published April 9, 2025 Linked:
Your Site Is a Home via Naz Hamid
This is an idea that I am very much in tune with. I’ve actually had on my to-do list for a while to write something similar (and I still will). I’m glad to see others have similar feelings of “home” and comfort on their personal web sites.
shared April 9, 2025 Posted:
Extending indieweb.txt With Reference Information
Adding information to indieweb.txt about how the site author wants to be referenced on other sites.
published April 8, 2025 Posted:
Manual of Style
The manual of style for Shellsharks.com. It contains rules, conventions and other practices related to how I compose content for this site.
published April 8, 2025 Noted:
Infosec gatekeeping
A line I see repeated a lot amongst infosec professional circles is “infosec is not an entry-level field”. This is typically followed by recommendations from these same “professionals” to first get jobs within the help desk for a few years before trying to move into a true cybersecurity role. This...
published April 8, 2025 Posted:
Things I Wish I Knew Before I Made My Website
A list of things I wish I had known before I set off on my blogging / indieweb journey.
published April 7, 2025 Changed:updated April 12, 2025 9:19 pm EST
Weekly Changes 4/7/25-4/13/25
April 12, 2025
- 7 new infosec blogs this week
April 11, 2025
- Inscribed Scroll ūndecim
- Added writeups.xyz to infosec tools list
April 10, 2025
- Added V.E.D.A.S., AttackRuleMap & Rulehound to infosec tools list
April 9, 2025
- Linked Your Site Is a Home
- The sitemap has been styled
- Posted Welcome Home
April 8, 2025
- Noted Infosec gatekeeping
- Posted Manual of Style
- Published the shark namespace page
- Added CyberSec Research to infosec tools list
- Published the Thanks slash-page
- Posted Extending indieweb.txt With Reference Information
- Added Library of Leaks to infosec tools list
April 7, 2025
- My infosec posts are now contained within the “Grimoire”
- RSScaping v2 with info on Namespaces and RSS validation cleanup…
- Posted Things I Wish I Knew Before I Made My Website
Inscribed:
Scroll decem
Welcome to volume ten of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week, we kick write-it old-school, see what’s buzzin’ across the Fediverse, get into some neat cyber-frameworks, and a whole lot more!
published April 4, 2025 Linked:
In praise of creating crap via Annie's blog
Preach! 🙌. Be creative. Be Human. Become God.
shared April 3, 2025 Changed:updated April 5, 2025 2:57 pm EST
Weekly Changes 3/31/25-4/06/25
April 4, 2025
- 10 new infosec blogs this week
- Inscribed Scroll decem
April 3, 2025
- Shared In praise of creating crap
- Shared Just write
April 2, 2025
- Added April Cool’s Club Manifesto & keygenmusic.tk to bookmarks page
April 1, 2025
- Added Passkeys.io to infosec tools list
March 31, 2025
- Added ArgFuscator & ISMS Mappings to infosec tools list
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Scroll novem
Welcome to volume nine of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week we go old-school with webrings, emphasize the importance of the Fediverse, and see ghosts in the machine.
published March 28, 2025 Journaled:
Captain's Log, Entry: March 27, 2025
This past month I’ve had quite the resurgence for my site, grew my IndieWeb roots, built an entire house, became a “cold brew person”, and turned 37. Eek!
published March 27, 2025 Changed:updated March 28, 2025 8:59 am EST
Weekly Changes 3/24/25-3/30/25
March 28, 2025
- 12 new infosec blogs this week
- Inscribed Scroll novem
- Added SUN:DOWN to named vulns list
March 27, 2025
- Jounaled Captain’s Log, Entry: March 27, 2025
March 26, 2025
- Added Lumon Password Generator to infosec tools list
March 25, 2025
- Added IngressNightmare to named vulns
- Joined MelonLand Surf Club
March 24, 2025
- Joined Static.Quest webring
Inscribed:
Scroll octō
Welcome to volume eight of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week we work on our selves sites, consider how we want to use social media, and learn to hunt for dead bodies (of code).
published March 21, 2025 Noted:
Stale career advice
I saw this post from Jacob titled Beware tech career advice from old heads and I think it’s spot on. Infosec, even back when I was first getting into the field in 2010-ish, has always had that seemingly artificial barrier-to-entry, but there was A LOT that was different then and...
published March 20, 2025 Logged:
RSScaping
Having an RSS feed for your site’s content is one of the most important things you can do as a citizen of the open web. If you want people to tune into your writing, it just makes sense to have one. Or better yet, you could have many RSS feeds,...
published March 19, 2025 Logged:
The Changelog
How I’ve built the Changelog on my site. The Changelog is a day-by-day list of changes to the site. It is something I manually update and includes many, but not all, changes. I tend to call out content changes to individual blog posts, but typically avoid listing out each and...
published March 17, 2025 Changed:updated March 21, 2025 10:23 pm EST
Weekly Changes 3/17/25-3/23/25
March 21, 2025
- 10 new infosec blogs this week
- Inscribed Scroll octō
- Latest Mastodon post on home page now (thanks to this)
- Joined the No A.I. webring
- Added Secrets.tools & yProbe to infosec tools list
March 20, 2025
- Noted Stale career advice
- Added DarkwebDaily.Live to infosec tools
- I’ve adopted!
- Bookmarked The HTML Review
- Joined retronaut webring
- Joined fediring
March 19, 2025
- Added Rules File Backdoor to named vulns list
- RSS is full content now
- Logged RSScaping
March 17, 2025
- Added SAMLStorm to named vulns list
- Posted Blog Questions Challenge - Travel Adventures
- Logged The Changelog
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Scroll septem
Welcome to volume seven of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week, we conquer doubt, recognize the primacy of the Fediverse, and look at some super-duper-serious cyber stuff.
published March 14, 2025 Linked:
In defense of unpolished personal websites via Ana Rodrigues
A great message. Be yourself—let your imperfections show. Publish your thoughts if you have thoughts to share, even if they’re incomplete. You won’t be alone.
shared March 13, 2025 Posted:
Good Sitekeeping
Good Sitekeeping is my recommendations for web design, decor, and healthy-livin' on your IndieWeb home.
published March 12, 2025 Logged:
Mastodon Auto-PESOS
As someone who has fully embraced the IndieWeb, owning my data and maintaining a canonical identity on the web is very important. Though I operate a lot of my online life directly out of my website, it doesn’t mean I don’t participate in other social networks. What I don’t want...
published March 11, 2025 Changed:updated March 14, 2025 4:08 pm EST
Weekly Changes 3/10/25-3/16/25
March 14, 2025
- Inscribed Scroll septem
March 13, 2025
March 12, 2025
- 3 new infosec blogs this week
- Posted Good Sitekeeping
March 11, 2025
- Logged Mastodon Auto-PESOS
March 10, 2025
- Now PESOS-ing toots from shellsharks.social
Noted:
Is cybersecurity a good career?
Here I answer the question “Is cybersecurity a good career?…”
published March 8, 2025 Posted:
This Post is Me Procrastinating
I've got other things I need to do. But instead, I'm going to procrastinate by writing a post about procrastinating by writing a post.
published March 7, 2025 Inscribed:
Scroll sextus
Welcome to volume six of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week, there is a focus on the tectonic shifts of the web, as we claw back our independence from “big tech”. Plus, you see me try a little harder to...
published March 7, 2025 Posted:
Guiding Principles
The philosophy and guiding principles of shellsharks.com. Why I do what I do.
published March 6, 2025 Linked:
The philosophy of James’ Coffee Blog via James' Coffee Blog
I like this, and I’ve seen other “guiding principles“-type posts before and have been meaning to draft one of my own. It’s a nice way to remind ourselves why we do this - why we spend the time to write, maintain and build our li’l homes on the web. Further,...
shared March 6, 2025 Linked:
The web is yours via James' Coffee Blog
It’s so true, you can use the fundamental building blocks of the web to build a highly customized space, a home, just for you on the web. Style it as you want, share what you want, hang out there, be yourself. It’s so much fun!
shared March 6, 2025