Troy Hunt

MAY 22, 2020

In other news, the “db8151dd” breach consumed a bunch of time this week, but at least publishing that ultimately led to the community identifying the source. I delve into that this week, as well as how we're dealing with the whole pandemic thing down here and a bit on what it's like to be involved in online conferences.

Data breaches 66

Data breaches IT 66

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

The story starts from a basic fake Java page, inviting the user to update his Java version clicking on the link. Fake Java update page. Despite the page reports the filename “ window-update.hta ”, clicking on “Update” a file.bat will be downloaded. Introduction.

File names 84

File names IT Access Security 84

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2022

Weiss said ransomware attacks from Ryuk/Conti have impacted hundreds of healthcare facilities across the United States, including facilities located in 192 cities and 41 states and the District of Columbia. I asked the source. It’s more like one a day,” the source confided.

Ransomware 268

Ransomware Cybersecurity Healthcare Access 268

Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

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. We know little about that attack as OVH did not participate in our joint study.

IoT 107

IoT Passwords e-Discovery IT 107