Troy Hunt

JULY 13, 2023

In last year's MVP announcement blog post , I talked about one of my favourite contributions of all that year being the Pwned Passwords ingestion pipeline for the FBI. Reading my posts, watching my videos, turning up to my talks and consuming services like HIBP and Pwned Passwords.

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Consumer Services Passwords IT 97

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 3, 2020

Securing their home Wi-Fi network by using state of the art encryption (WPA2 or WPA3 with a long and complex password), turning off the WPS function and deleting the Guest Wi-Fi. Guidance for Employers. More generally, employees should not do at home what they are not permitted to do in the workplace.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If there ever was such a thing as a cybersecurity silver bullet it would do one thing really well: eliminate passwords. Threat actors have proven to be endlessly clever at abusing and misusing passwords. So what’s stopping us from getting rid of passwords altogether? Passwords may have been very effective securing Roman roads.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

This community places a special premium on accounts with short “OG” usernames, and some of its most successful and notorious members were known to use all of the methods Microsoft attributed to LAPSUS$ in the service of hijacking prized OG accounts. In fact, the group often announces its hacks on social media.

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Phishing Authentication Passwords Cybersecurity 231

Troy Hunt

JUNE 30, 2022

Four and a half years ago now, I rolled out version 2 of HIBP's Pwned Passwords that implemented a really cool k-anonymity model courtesy of the brains at Cloudflare. Actually, the multiple problems, the first of which is that it's just way too fast for storing user passwords in an online system.

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Passwords IT Mining Consumer Services 123

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The study also revealed that 94% of IT professionals say their organizations’ security policies around access management was influenced by breaches of consumer services in the last 12 months. Perhaps someday, password fatigue, frustration and password resets can truly be a thing of the past.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 7, 2021

They need to maintain an easy user management access for cloud-based applications and services, without compromising on security. Password-based app access: convenient but risky. But using one or two-factor logins such as email and password leaves enterprises vulnerable to security risks and data breaches. FIDO Authentication.

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