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ConnectWise Slash and Grab Flaw Once Again Shows the Value of Input Validation We talk to Huntress About its Impact
Written by Sean KalinichAlthough the news of the infamous ConnectWise flaw which allowed for the creation of admin accounts is a bit cold, it still is one that…Written on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:44 in Security Talk Read 585 times Read more...
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Social Manipulation as a Service – When the Bots on Twitter get their Check marks
Written by Sean KalinichWhen I started DecryptedTech it was to counter all the crap marketing I saw from component makers. I wanted to prove people with a clean…Written on Monday, 04 March 2024 16:17 in Editorials Read 1492 times Read more...
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To Release or not to Release a PoC or OST That is the Question
Written by Sean KalinichThere is (and always has been) a debate about the ethics and impact of the release of Proof-of-Concept Exploit for an identified vulnerability and Open-Source…Written on Monday, 26 February 2024 13:05 in Security Talk Read 1047 times Read more...
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There was an Important Lesson Learned in the LockBit Takedown and it was Not About Threat Groups
Written by Sean KalinichIn what could be called a fantastic move, global law enforcement agencies attacked and took down LockBit’s infrastructure. The day of the event was filled…Written on Thursday, 22 February 2024 12:20 in Security Talk Read 894 times Read more...
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NetSPI’s Offensive Security Offering Leverages Subject Matter Experts to Enhance Pen Testing
Written by Sean KalinichBlack Hat 2023 Las Vegas. The term offensive security has always been an interesting one for me. On the surface is brings to mind reaching…Written on Tuesday, 12 September 2023 17:05 in Security Talk Read 2071 times Read more...
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Black Kite Looks to Offer a Better View of Risk in a Rapidly Changing Threat Landscape
Written by Sean KalinichBlack Hat 2023 – Las Vegas. Risk is an interesting subject and has many different meanings to many different people. For the most part Risk…Written on Tuesday, 12 September 2023 14:56 in Security Talk Read 1784 times Read more...
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Microsoft Finally Reveals how they Believe a Consumer Signing Key was Stollen
Written by Sean KalinichIn May of 2023 a few sensitive accounts reported to Microsoft that their environments appeared to be compromised. Due to the nature of these accounts,…Written on Thursday, 07 September 2023 14:40 in Security Talk Read 2053 times Read more...
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Mandiant Releases a Detailed Look at the Campaign Targeting Barracuda Email Security Gateways, I Take a Look at What this all Might Mean
Written by Sean KalinichThe recent attack that leveraged a 0-Day vulnerability to compromise a number of Barracuda Email Security Gateway appliances (physical and virtual, but not cloud) was…Written on Wednesday, 30 August 2023 16:09 in Security Talk Read 1955 times Read more...
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Threat Groups Return to Targeting Developers in Recent Software Supply Chain Attacks
Written by Sean KalinichThere is a topic of conversation that really needs to be talked about in the open. It is the danger of developer systems (personal and…Written on Wednesday, 30 August 2023 13:29 in Security Talk Read 1815 times Read more...
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Friday, 25 February 2022 11:50
Microsoft Preps to Remove WMIC from Windows 11 and Remove an Attack Vector
Written by Sean Kalinich
WMIC or the Windows Management Instrumentation Command line is a very powerful tool. It can allow an administrator or an attacker a lot of control over a system. Because of the number of times that WMIC has been abused to…
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Friday, 25 February 2022 10:30
Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Cisco NX-OS that Could Allow Arbitrary Code Execution
Written by Sean Kalinich
Cisco has announced that a series of vulnerabilities along with the associated patches that go with them for some of the Nexus Series Switches based on NX-OS. Cisco’s NX-OS is the heart of their data center line of switches like…
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Friday, 25 February 2022 09:02
Trickbot Shuttering its Infrastructure as it moves to New Methods and Malware
Written by Sean Kalinich
It looks like the group behind Trickbot, the Swiss Army Knife of Malware as service for Windows is shutting down the framework and infrastructure behind the “solution”. According to research groups that have been tracking the campaign the disappearance there…
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Thursday, 24 February 2022 14:33
IRS backs off Collecting Biometric Data as part of ID.me Account Creation
Written by Sean Kalinich
ID.me, the private identification verification company, has become a popular go-to when it comes to governmental services. We have seen it put in play at the local, state, and federal level. The idea is to have a source of truth…
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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 11:11
Vulnerabilities, Phishing, and More allow Attackers to Compromise web3 services including OpenSea and Steal $1.7 Million in virtual assets
Written by Sean Kalinich
We have another Web3 article today. This one covers a new NFT marketplace compromise though the use of phishing emails that tricked users into singing over their digital assets to an, as of yet, unknown attacker.
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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 07:55
Unpatched and Unprotected Microsoft SQL Servers Targeted for Cobalt Strike Injection
Written by Sean Kalinich
It seems that there are still some MS SQL servers that are not only exposed to the open internet but are also still using weak passwords. When this is combined with vulnerabilities and the lack of other security controls and…
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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 06:57
noVNC Used by Clever Pentester to get Around MFA During Spearphishing Attack
Written by Sean Kalinich
Most attacks, be they real or from a penetration test, begin with an attempt to compromise a single system, or user. The compromise of a device or user account gives the attacker a small foothold in an environment that they…
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Tuesday, 22 February 2022 08:18
Another Banking Trojan for Android is making the Rounds Through Google’s Play Store
Written by Sean Kalinich
Google has a bit of an issue with malware present in their Play Store as there are reports of another banking trojan targeting users of European banks. Currently, the malware called Xenomorph may have infected as many as 50,000 devices…
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Monday, 21 February 2022 10:55
Flaws, they’re not Just for Attackers Anymore as Researchers Find a way to Recover the Master Key for Hive Ransomware
Written by Sean Kalinich
There is an old saying that say, what someone can lock, someone else can unlock. This is usually used regarding attackers getting into a network or compromising protected data. It is not often applied to security researchers unlocking information encrypted…
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Monday, 21 February 2022 08:29
The Risks, the Crime, and the Illusions of Blockchain or Decentralized Networks.
Written by Sean Kalinich
Blockchain, the immutable public transaction log where many say the future lies and the concept of “code is law” is often bandied about. However, the bank ending utopian promise of block chain and web3.0 has not exactly arrived and it…
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Friday, 18 February 2022 10:12
Concerned about Android Tracking? You Can Remove your Ad ID in Android 12 and Up to Help with This
Written by Sean Kalinich
After Google talked about their response to Apple requiring user acceptance for cross app tracking on mobile devices, the internet sort of exploded with different articles about the pros and cons of each. We wrote about this 2 days ago…
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Friday, 18 February 2022 08:29
Linux has a New Local Privilege Escalation Bug in Snap-Confine
Written by Sean Kalinich
Linux has always had something of a mystique about it. Regardless of the distro (flavor) of Linux there simply certain misconception around Linux that are both entertaining and concerning. One of my all-time favorites was/is that it is a “hacker”…
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Friday, 18 February 2022 07:38
Microsoft to Require Microsoft Account for Windows 11 Pro Soon
Written by Sean Kalinich
Will someone tell Microsoft (again) that to lead in the industry means not just following the competition? They seem to have lost that message again as we are hearing that they will require a Microsoft account to set up and…
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Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:20
Trickbot Evolves as The Developers Target Customers of Multiple Financial Institutions
Written by Sean Kalinich
Researchers have identified Trickbot in use in campaigns targeting several financial institutions. These groups along with a few tech companies thrown in a predominantly in the US and appear to be using an evolved version of the malware to get…
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Thursday, 17 February 2022 08:14
Joint Advisory from the NSA, FBI and CISA Warns of Long-Term Attack by State Actors with Little Detail.
Written by Sean Kalinich
Life would not be the same without new popping up that one state level threat actor or another was attacking and compromising US defense contractors or other businesses linked to US national security and defense. The counties of origin for…
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Wednesday, 16 February 2022 13:45
After Apple Unveils Privacy Features that Block Meta Tracking, Google Says they Can Do it Too
Written by Sean Kalinich
A couple of weeks ago Meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced that they were losing money (to the tune of $10 Billion) due to changes in the way Apple mobile devices handle user tracking by apps. The move by Apple was…
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