Matt Linton's Blog

• USB PWNY Express – Counterfeit USB Device AntiForensics Investigating hardware-level deception and forensic artifacts.
• My Invisible Adversary: Burnout Understanding and managing situational and chronic burnout in DFIR.
• Communicating Security Risk to Leadership Why communicating is our hardest job and how to get better at it.
• Recognizing Dark Humor and Cynicism in Cybersecurity The fine line between healthy coping mechanisms and toxic cynicism.
• Policing vs Investigating Reflections on a high-stakes traffic stop and the nuances of emergency response.
• Home Solar/Battery/Grid Setup: Sol-Ark 15k A deep dive into a whole-house battery storage and solar integration.
• Go Ahead, Run Your Own Mail Server! The educational value of running complex internet systems yourself.
• Solving for Negatives How to effectively use investigators when asked to prove nothing happened.
• Yubikeys/U2F in FIDO2 mode: A High-Level Primer A technical overview of how hardware security keys actually work.
• Old Power Setup (Archive) Historical reference for previous power configurations.