Troy Hunt

AUGUST 31, 2018

A few little bits and pieces this week ranging from a new web cam (primarily to do Windows Hello auth), teaching my 8-year-old son HTML, progress with Firefox and HIBP, some really ridiculous comments from Namecheap re SSL (or TLS or HTTPS) and a full set of Pwned Passwords as NTLM hashes.

Passwords 43

Passwords Encryption IT Security 43

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

This week's update had a load of questions so even whilst the planned content didn't consume a lot of time, audience engagement was great and I appreciate all the input. it's a beautiful piece I'm very humbled to have received) I killed some time messing with an SEO spammer (what do you mean Troy Hunt sucks?!)

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Cloud Security IT 115

IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The education sector accounted for 20 of the 102 publicly disclosed incidents listed this month – with the majority being ransomware. Meanwhile, you can stay up to date with the latest news by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or visiting our blog. Indeed, ransomware was the most common threat across all sectors. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Government IoT 140

IT Governance

MARCH 28, 2019

Hackers hijacked ASUS software updates to install backdoors on thousands of computers (unknown). Health records breached at hospital in Nanaimo, Canada (102). Massachusetts schools shut down Internet amid malware attack (unknown). Hampshire’s Police Federation hit by another cyber attack (120,000). Ransomware. Financial information.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Phishing 111

Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Liberian telecom targeted by 102 reflection attacks. We hope the Deutsche Telekom event acts as a wake-up call and push toward making IoT auto-update mandatory. IoT device auto-updates should be mandatory to curb bad actors’ ability to create massive IoT botnets on the back of unpatched IoT devices. report on Twitter.

IoT 107

IoT Passwords e-Discovery IT 107