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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 1182 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 642 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 584 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 1837 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 1329 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 1770 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 1536 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 1546 times Read more...
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Leaked Data from Duolingo incident Shows US is most Impacted
Written by Sean KalinichDuolingo, is a language learning site (not to be confused with an LLM) and has a very large base of users. The site is a…Written on Tuesday, 29 August 2023 19:12 in Security Talk Read 1991 times Read more...
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Wednesday, 24 August 2022 18:05
Black Hat 2022, Def Con 30 and the Return to Vegas
Written by Sean Kalinich
After a three-year absence from Hacker Summer Camp, I finally returned to Vegas. Two of those years were related to Covid of course. However, three years is a long time to be out of the environment and the craziness that…
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Friday, 11 August 2017 05:19
Voice is an often overlooked big threat vector as phone fraud rises – part I Featured
Written by Sean Kalinich
Def Con 25, Las Vegas, NV – Your phone rings and you check the number as a precaution against marketing calls and it looks like it is from your office. The voice on the other end says that there is…
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Sunday, 30 July 2017 18:28
Illusive Networks says that deception everywhere is the way to go Featured
Written by Sean Kalinich
Black Hat 2017, Las Vegas, NV -When an attacker gains a foothold in a network the first thing they need to do is learn the lay of the land. They have done some research on the target to gather information…
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Sunday, 30 July 2017 05:19
CloudPassage Looks to secure your entire cloud infrastructure Featured
Written by Sean Kalinich
Black Hat 2017, Las Vegas, NV -The cloud has become one of those buzz words that people like to use when they want you to put your data or workloads on someone else’s computers and network. Amazon Web Services (AWS),…
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Friday, 28 July 2017 23:33
Vera jumps into the document control market with both feet Featured
Written by Sean Kalinich
Black Hat USA 2017 – Las Vegas, NVThree years ago we talked with a company that had something of a change in thought process on how to protect your data. Instead of building bigger walls they wanted to make the…
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Friday, 28 July 2017 21:38
Attivo Networks rolls in incident response and controls into their deception Featured
Written by Sean Kalinich
Black Hat USA 2017 - Las Vegas, NV.Another company that we have the chance to sit down with was Attivo Networks. Attivo, if you are not familiar with them specialize in network deception through the use of projected systems. These…
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Friday, 28 July 2017 05:19
Dell talks security, document control, and air gapped networks at Black Hat 2017 Featured
Written by Sean Kalinich
Black Hat USA 2017 - Las Vegas, NVWhen you think of Dell you might get many different images that come to mind. For some they might think about the 90s and the “you’re getting a Dell Dude” guy. Others might…
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Wednesday, 31 May 2017 13:21
AMD Drops the Ryzen based Threadripper CPU on Computex
Written by Sean Kalinich
Earlier today, we talked about Intel’s response to AMD’s Ryzen success so we thought we would give some love to AMD as well. Although we are not out at Computex (again) we are still getting news from different manufacturers. We…
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Wednesday, 31 May 2017 09:10
Intel Launches the new X-Series at Computex 2017
Written by Sean Kalinich
With Computex going on there has already been lots of news hitting the street about new PC gear. Everything from GPUs, Laptops, Cases, overclocking world records, you know the stuff. We have also heard that Intel has kicked a new…
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Tuesday, 09 August 2016 08:34
We meet Venafi's Tammy Moskites to see what has changed about trust in a year
Written by Sean Kalinich
Last year at Black Hat we had an interesting conversation with Tammy Moskites from Venafi. Although Tammy is both the CIO and CISO of Venafi the conversation did not focus on that company or the product as a whole. Instead…
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Tuesday, 09 August 2016 01:42
Qualys talks to us about getting a handle on security and feature parity in the cloud
Written by Sean Kalinich
Black Hat 2016, Las Vegas, NVWe had the chance to sit down with Chris Carlson, vice president of product management for Qualys and talk a little about what Qualys is up to and where they are moving to in the…
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Saturday, 06 August 2016 06:58
Cymmetria shows us a new type of deception at DEF CON using MazeRunner
Written by Sean Kalinich
DEF CON 24 - Las Vegas, NVThe term Honey Pot is one that most people are very aware of. It is a form of detection that is designed to lure an attacker into targeting a simulated system so that you…
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015 10:58
Ionic Security says they can make your data useless to the bad guys
Written by Sean Kalinich
Last year at Black Hat USA 2014 we met up with a company that was looking to make some changes in the way we protect our data, Ionic Security. The concept was very simple, but the implementation was sure to…
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Sunday, 09 August 2015 20:42
Trustwave shows off an impressive copromise of RIG's admin servers at Black Hat 2015
Written by Sean Kalinich
In addition to seeing more than a few products and ideas during Black Hat and DEF CON we also had the chance to see something really cool from the team at Trustwave. This was not a product, but a chance…
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Sunday, 09 August 2015 17:30
If the barbarians are past the gates how do you protect your data from being looted? enSilo says they have a way
Written by Sean Kalinich
The one common thing that I keep hearing everyone talk about at Black Hat and even DEF CON is how to protect your data. It is pretty much a given that if someone wants to get into your network they…
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Sunday, 09 August 2015 15:05
With the trend of hacking Encryption,Certs and Keys; how do you really know who to trust?
Written by Sean Kalinich
Have you ever lost your keys and had that moment of panic where you are not sure who might have them? This is not a good feeling. You do not know if someone has them and might use them to…
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