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DirectDefense
Company blog · directdefense.comsecurity
DirectDefense is the company blog at directdefense.com, writing about security. Since 2017, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Harvesting Cb Response Data Leaks”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked from a security services company's blog, which covers security research, such as one post on harvesting CB Response data leaked through VirusTotal submissions. Other comments are a job listing and an unlinked discussion.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Be informed, be strategic, and be secure, with security solutions and managed security services that protect against sophisticated threats.
Most-linked posts?
- Harvesting Cb Response Data Leaks4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2017-08-09
What Hacker News says?
DirectDefense | Multiple Roles | REMOTE (US) | Full-time | https://directdefense.com | Managed Security Services Provider We’re committed to helping businesses and organizations protect their data and critical infrastructures against the most advanced threats and adversaries. Our goal is to implement best-practice security programs and managed services to bring our clients’ security postures to a higher standard of…
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)”Submitted Harvesting Cb Response Data Leaks as a story · 49 points
HN discussionThey are now, although to be clear there was (is?) nothing nefarious going on, just people not understanding that public submissions are available to VirusTotal's paying users. These days VT has private scanning, too, but the issue was always one-offs from random finance or investor relations teams. It's come up here and there in security, too, e.g. in https://www.directdefense.com/harvesting-cb-response-data-le... .
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on “Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”Submitted Harvesting Cb Response Data Leaks as a story · 8 points
HN discussionA whole lot of 5 users, I realize that in bigger companies it's probably less hassle to just install AV software and "hardblock" undesired behavior. I imagine that depending on the country you are operating in this might even be a requirement to prevent legal hassle, getting sued for "neglect" if not running AV software and something actually goes wrong but IANAL. But let's also keep in mind that AV solutions can ha…
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on “7-Zip: Multiple Memory Corruptions via RAR and ZIP”Submitted Red Team “Hid” in Your Readers – ESPKey Attacks as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Executing a Chromecast Exploit – Times Three as a story · 1 points
HN discussion