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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 603 times Read more...
Social Manipulation as a Service – When the Bots on Twitter get their Check marks
Written by Sean Kalinich

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…

Written on Monday, 04 March 2024 16:17 in Editorials Read 1510 times Read more...
To Release or not to Release a PoC or OST That is the Question
Written by Sean Kalinich

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 1058 times Read more...
There was an Important Lesson Learned in the LockBit Takedown and it was Not About Threat Groups
Written by Sean Kalinich

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…

Written on Thursday, 22 February 2024 12:20 in Security Talk Read 910 times Read more...
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 2079 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 1794 times Read more...
Microsoft Finally Reveals how they Believe a Consumer Signing Key was Stollen
Written by Sean Kalinich

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 2066 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 2051 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 1824 times Read more...

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Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:10

Are Facebook's Paid to Promote Posts Legal?

facebook_money We have talked at length about Facebook and some of the ways they take advantage of their user base. One of the last ones we talked about directly was the paid promotions idea that they came up with. For a few dollars you can promote your advertising to reach more of the people that like your page. We have called this idea a lot of things (some not suitable for printing) and likened it to paid spam.

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Facebook Rolls Out Sponsored Posts... Not Much More than Sponsored Spam Really

facebook_money Remember when we told you that Facebook was going to allow companies to pay to promote certain posts? Well it is now in full swing as it looks like Facebook has rolled out the service to everyone’s pages. Over the last week we have been having issues with posting links on the DecryptedTech Facebook page, yet when we reported the issue there was almost no response from Facebook about the issue. As it turns out this issue was due to the changes that Facebook was making behind the scenes.