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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 702 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 1577 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 1113 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 1085 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 2133 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 1856 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 2124 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 2098 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 1893 times Read more...

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Thursday, 26 June 2014 06:41

PayPal Flaw Allows 2FA Security to be By-Passed

We talk a lot about security on DecryptedTech and with good reason, there are a ton of threats out there and this list just keeps getting longer. This is why we tend to get annoyed with large corporations when they either skimp on security or botch the job. This is apparently the case in with eBay owned PayPal. For a while PayPal has been highlighting their 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) as a great way to protect your financial data and it is… unless you screw up the implementation.

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Joomla, WordPress and Datalife Engine Targeted In New Botnet Campaign

As the world of blogging continues to grow the popularity of content management systems like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and many more grow as well. These systems on their own have become more robust and secure (considering). However what they cannot do is protect user when they chose to use weak passwords for their administration interfaces or for their connection to the content database. It is these weak links that hackers are now using in an attempt to incorporate personal (and in some cases professional) blogs into their botnets.