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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 696 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 1575 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 1109 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 1080 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 2130 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 1850 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 2122 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 2097 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 1890 times Read more...

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Thursday, 03 July 2014 06:43

NZ High Court Rules the FBI Should Not Have Posession of Dotcom HDDs, Denies Access to Encryption Keys

So, remember back when the FBI removed data that is was not allowed to search for from the home of Kim Dotcom, (that they were not really allowed to search)? Well if not we will sum things up for you here. Back when the US DoJ was really pushing the Mega Upload case the FBI convinced New Zealand law enforcement to execute a raid on the Dotcom house without a properly defined warrant. The reason it was not properly defined is that it did not spell out what they were searching for.

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Pirate Bay founder arrested in Cambodia

After Gottfrid Svartholm, Pirate Bay founder was sentenced to one year in jail he went missing. Now Cambodian police have arrested him on Thursday. It is still not clear if he was arrested because of his involvement in The Pirate Bay as it was stated by his lawyer Ola Salomonsson “As far as I understand it is because he is on an international wanted list”. He was arrested in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, his hometown for the last few years. Sources said that he was arrested in apartment above the cafe on the riverfront, a place named Cadilla Bar, where he apparently often stayed.