Jim Sykora

Introduction: - rural MN - very happily married - adult kids, 😺 🐶 Work: - Tech, #InfoSec, #ActiveDirectory, #CyberSecurity Passions: - Outdoors, woodworking, tinkering, using my white male privilege to help others, music, long walks w/ 🐕, learning, books, following rabbit holes

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like

@blowdart.me what have you done? www.foodandwine.com/pizza-beans-...

Spinning around #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon

The Milky Way over a northern Minnesota river. Looks like there's only one satellite in this photo. That's pretty unusual these days.

RIP Jennifer Finch

I can finally check that one off the ol' bucket list.

It is very hot today in Strasbourg. Luckily there is shade and breeze in the courtyard of our hotel.

Mashed potatoes and stew

New by me - Microsoft Vibing. A very strange fake open source project published by Microsoft employees, which gathers screenshots and voice recordings of users with unique machine identifiers attached. Not sure how this one has happened. doublepulsar.com/microsoft-vi...

People who say "Every day above ground is a good one" probably weren't thinking about moles.

found this in the closet

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

Today is a great day to reexamine something you think you know. Do you‽ Is your information accurate and up to date? Is there something new to learn about this thing you know? A reminder to myself: don't get too cocky.

Picard engineering tip: Maintenance of existing systems is just as important as building new capabilities.

@dotdot.horse will be on stage for #PSConfEU 2026 in #Wiesbaden (1-4 June)! 🎙️ Securing PowerShell from the Ground Up 🎙️ Watch Your Step! Building Long-Running Scripts That Don't Trip Over Themselves 🎟️ Tickets: psconf.eu #automation #IT #PowerShell #Conference #Europe

No.

Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “Unlawful activity, including blocking roads, intentionally creating hazards, and assaultive behavior, will not be tolerated.”* * Unless cops or feds are doing the unlawful activities.

I've read enough study headlines to know dark chocolate is good for me. As such, Dark Chocolate Reese's Puffs is a healthy cereal.

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

Folks, there's an interesting security community call next week on Mon Feb 23rd at 8am PST (I'll be speaking too): "Identity Control Plane Under Attack: Consent Abuse and Hybrid Sync Risks" Register now 👉 aka.ms/securitycomm...

I still have a hard time believing there's some company out there named "PostHog"

10 years ago this week I published this blog post while @cptjesus.bsky.social, @harmj0y.bsky.social and I were working on what eventually became BloodHound: wald0.com?p=14

Since I was bored on a plane I decided to revisit some of the Windows Hello tradecraft and finally implemented browser based FIDO2 auth using WHFB keys in roadtx. Thanks @fabian.bader.cloud and @nathanmcnulty.com for the inspiration!

It's a great day to be outside. It would be an even better day to be outside if some dipass wasn't burning plastic in my neighborhood.

Next week I'll be speaking at WWHF Mile High in Denver about Abusing Backup Operators with @trustedsec.com's Titanis. web.cvent.com/event/1dbf78...

Next week at WWHF Mile High I'll present a major update to roadrecon, with some awesome features I wanted to add for a while! Friday 9am in track 1 for those attending 😀

I think we all know that "Abolish ICE" would win, hands down, if this contest wasn't rigged to not include it. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

New PowerShell module out :) ISpy, using ILSpy's decompiler library. github.com/trackd/ISpy/ www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ISpy/

I do not make this comparison lightly.

BUT! The underlying behavior IS still interesting. "Dangling templates" happen when you delete a cert template without disabling it first, and they can lead to unexpected template enablement. New blog explains the whole thing: jakehildreth.github.io/blog/2026/01...

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them. Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."

There’s so much need in Minnesota right now. Businesses are closing and rent is due soon. If you want to help people here, there are links to rent relief & other vetted mutual aid funds on standwithminnesota.com. Please boost and donate what you can. Thank you 🫶🏻

Today is the day - students go to www.bsidescharm.org/students/ for a chance to attend @BSidesCharm 2026 for FREE!

"PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."

Cold, Snowy, but there is hope! Tickets for #BSidesRoc are now available! Check out our trainings and Keynote Cassandra Young(@muteki) While you are there. This is shaping up to be the best edition yet so get your tickets now at bit.ly/4oCMlxm ! #BSides

www.standwithminnesota.com/send-a-love-... 😘

"Pretti Good People Are Getting Murdered!!" protest sign seen near where Alex Pretti was killed earlier in the day by ICE agents.

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

He was legally observing He was helping other legal observers He was helping other potential victims He was not brandishing a gun May Alex Pretti’s memory be a blessing

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Minnesota is the best of us.

It's about -20F in the greater Minneapolis area today. That's without the wind chill. Abolish ICE