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Cloud vendors and the security tax
Posted on Thursday, 20 January 2022
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Security Talk
Written by
Sean Kalinich
SaaS is the de facto way of doing business for the SMB (and even for the enterprise). The costs of building your own infrastructure and maintaining it are just too high for most. Instead, it is easier and more cost…
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Microsoft Looks to Add Enhanced Zero-Day Protection to Edge
Posted on Tuesday, 18 January 2022
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Security Talk
Written by
Sean Kalinich
The current threat landscape has user account compromise and endpoint takeover as the most common first acts in a security event. The methods used to accomplish this are varied but include such blockbusters as poisoned websites and URLs embedded in…
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Apple IndexedDB API Same-Origin Flaw Exposes User Browsing Information
Posted on Tuesday, 18 January 2022
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Security Talk
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Remember the days when browsing the internet was simple, all you had to worry about was clearing your cookies and browser history and you were fine. Ok, so it was never truly that simple, but you get my point. Now…
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Reports of Stalking Via Apple Airtags
Posted on Monday, 17 January 2022
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Security Talk
Written by
Sean Kalinich
It seems that Apple may have an issue with their AirTags, the small tracking devices that use the Apple device network to help you find items that you have put trackers on. They are similar although much more effective than…
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Security and the Small Business Owner
Posted on Monday, 17 January 2022
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Security Talk
Written by
Sean Kalinich
“InfoSec” is a term that is most often associated with the enterprise class organization. However, information security is something that every business should be practicing. As we have talked about before the importance of building a security culture in even…
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Secure Infrastructure in the distributed workplace Featured
Posted on Thursday, 13 January 2022
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Security Talk
Written by
Sean Kalinich
There was a time when the thought of secure infrastructure would bring items like properly configured IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Switches and Routers with hefty ACLs and 802.1x to mind. However, after Covid and even a bit before the traditional walled layout…
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All-in Vulnerability and Risk Management Featured
Posted on Thursday, 13 January 2022
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Security Talk
Written by
Sean Kalinich
It is a common belief that vulnerability management is nothing more than scanning and patching. However, as we have seen in many breaches and attacks, this is far from true. Vulnerability management is about understanding your organization and the risks…
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Cylance PROTECT and the mystery of Script Control Featured
Posted on Tuesday, 11 January 2022
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My Ramblings
Written by
Sean Kalinich
As the title implies, we will be talking about Cylance PROTECT (now wholly owned by Blackberry). Our focus will not be on the inner workings, or any type of vulnerability. Our focus today will be all about Protect’s script control…
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Vendors - once again - rule the security world, especially in Health Care Featured
Posted on Tuesday, 02 March 2021
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Editorials
Written by
Sean Kalinich
It seems that is the time once again to talk about the relationship between software vendors and the security posture of different business verticals. Why are we beating this particular dead horse? Well with the Covid-19 Pandemic, the rush to…
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As Work from Home Increases with COVID-19 Cases are We Looking at a Playground for Threat Actors? Featured
Posted on Friday, 06 March 2020
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Editorials
Written by
Sean Kalinich
In December 2019 a new virus was detected in Wuhan China, this virus (COVID-19 or the Coronavirus) has spread rapidly through out China and the rest of the world. With its apparent ease of transmission and difficulty in detecting (early…
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With More and More Hardware Flaws Found, How Will the Security Industry Respond? Featured
Posted on Friday, 06 March 2020
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Editorials
Written by
Sean Kalinich
The IT Security industry has spent billions of dollars on software to keep you “safe” from malware and attackers. Whether that money was spent in marketing or actual product improvement is up for debate. Still the fact remains that each…
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New Tech, Stale Tech, and the Diminishing Security Skill Set Featured
Posted on Tuesday, 19 March 2019
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Editorials
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Although not a new subject here at DecryptedTech we thought it was time for us to dive into three of serious issues in the security world (out of many). The three we are covering today are emerging technologies, stale technologies…
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When updates go wrong, horribly wrong Featured
Posted on Monday, 04 February 2019
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Editorials
Written by
Sean Kalinich
When you think about operating system updates you probably do not think about the security team. Sure, there are security patches and such, but those are on the operations team and not really pushed out by the security team. Well,…
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We take a look at the Pico Pro Home Brewing Machine Featured
Posted on Saturday, 12 January 2019
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Gadgets
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Technology has brought us a ton of interesting and fun devices. We have smart phones, Smart TVs, Wireta… I mean…
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The Red Hydrogen One, Possibly One of the Most “misunderstood” Phones Out Featured
Posted on Monday, 24 December 2018
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Gadgets
Written by
Sean Kalinich
When Red Digital Cinema first announced they were looking to build a phone many people were very interested. The idea…
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Dell and others move to disable Intel's Management Engine
Posted on Tuesday, 05 December 2017
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News
Written by
Sean Kalinich
It seems that PC makers are not happy with the Intel’s Management Engine (IME) and the flaws that keep being found in it. The original flaw allowed attackers a clean way to compromise a system including uploading malware and exfiltrating…
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