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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 Kalinich

Although 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 690 times Read more...
Social Manipulation as a Service – When the Bots on Twitter get their Check marks
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When I started DecryptedTech it was to counter all the crap marketing I saw from component makers. I wanted to prove people with a clean…

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To Release or not to Release a PoC or OST That is the Question
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There 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 1104 times Read more...
There was an Important Lesson Learned in the LockBit Takedown and it was Not About Threat Groups
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In 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…

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NetSPI’s Offensive Security Offering Leverages Subject Matter Experts to Enhance Pen Testing
Written by Sean Kalinich

Black 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 2124 times Read more...
Black Kite Looks to Offer a Better View of Risk in a Rapidly Changing Threat Landscape
Written by Sean Kalinich

Black 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 1844 times Read more...
Microsoft Finally Reveals how they Believe a Consumer Signing Key was Stollen
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In 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 2115 times Read more...
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 Kalinich

The 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 2092 times Read more...
Threat Groups Return to Targeting Developers in Recent Software Supply Chain Attacks
Written by Sean Kalinich

There 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 1881 times Read more...

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Thursday, 02 May 2013 16:18

Anonymous to Make May 7th a Day to Remember with OpUSA

A warning has been sent out to financial institutions and government agencies as the collective known as Anonymous has announced their OpUSA. The Operation as put forth by the hackvist group is supposed to target banks and government websites and is supposed to kick off on May 7th. Some security experts are advising the targeted organizations to prepare for Distributed Denial of Service Attacks and harden their sites against them.

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Infighting Breaks out Inside Anonymous

anon Well, you had to know that this day would come. It is something that we have alluded to in some of our coverage of the collective known as Anonymous. It seems that some of the splinter groups inside the larger organization have finally caused enough trouble that Anon is beginning to fight internally. We heard rumors about this a while ago but with no real confirmation we put them aside. Now, however, we find that “Anonymous” has indeed gone after the splinter group known as AnonOps.