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Operation Endgame

Troy Hunt

Since 2013 when I kicked off HIBP as a pet project , it has become an increasingly important part of the security posture of individuals, organisations, governments and law enforcement agencies. So, with that in mind, let's get into the mechanics of the data: In terms of the email addresses, there were 16.5M in total with 4.5M

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Two former NSA Officials appointed by Joe Biden for prominent cyber roles

Security Affairs

Inglis retired from NSA in 2014 where he served the US government for 28 years, since 2013 as the agency’s deputy director. Easterly has worked in the cybersecurity division at Morgan Stanley for the past four years, she has served 14 years in government and military service. I’m proud of what we are building across the U.S.

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MY TAKE: How consumer-grade VPNs are enabling individuals to do DIY security

The Last Watchdog

As part of this mindset, more consumers are subscribing to a personal VPN service which they use to shield themselves from disinformation sweeps and to protect themselves from Covid 19-related hacks and scams. Here’s what’s unfolding: Avoiding government snoops. We’ve become accustomed to hunkering down.

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The UK and Australian Governments Are Now Monitoring Their Gov Domains on Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

This is a little project I started whilst killing time in a hotel room in late 2013 after thinking "I wonder if people actually know where their data has been exposed?" And this is precisely why I'm writing this piece - to talk about how I'm assisting the UK and Australian governments with access to data about their own domains.

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Microsoft releases On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) tool to fix ProxyLogon issues

Security Affairs

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). We have tested this tool across Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 deployments.” If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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2020 in review: July to December

IT Governance

With COVID-19 under control, the UK government announced that lockdown measures would be eased from 4 July, with pubs, cafés, cinemas and museums allowed to reopen. Unfortunately, there was a hitch, with the government forced to scrap its original track and trace app, pushing the launch date back by months.

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Federal Paperless Directive: The Clock is Ticking – How are You Doing?

The Texas Record

Successfully meeting these goals are best practices any organization would want to achieve—let alone the federal government. In the 2014 article, we calmed fears that these requirements were also expectations for state and local governments; they are not. microfiche, microfilm, analog video, analog audio).