Troy Hunt

JANUARY 3, 2019

I started doing these retrospectives 3 years ago in my first year of independence. Here's my 2018 highlights, starting with travel: Travel "Oh yeah, I'm totally gonna travel less this year" - me every single year In reality, my travel ended up looking like this: That's the same number as last year, 4 more days and another 8,000km.

Passwords 204

Passwords Technology Government InfoSec 204

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 4, 2019

Funny how quickly it gets away from you, someone just posted on my 2018 retrospective blog post this week and asked why I didn't include my congressional testimony and if I'm honest, it took me a bit to think about why as well (it was in 2017). And then it was 2019. But we're here now so it's back to business as usual blog wise.

InfoSec 146

InfoSec 146

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In a retrospective post published to Livejournal in 2014 titled, “Mazafaka, from conception to the present day,” Stalker said Djamix had become a core member of the community. This is the most important thing. Technical capabilities cannot overcome intelligence and cunning.”

Cybercrime 237

Cybercrime Accountability Identity Theft Hacking 237

SecureList

JUNE 15, 2023

Trends in the number of mentions of MaaS families on the dark web and deep web, January 2018 – August 2022 There is a direct correlation between the number of mentions of malware families on the dark and deep web and various events related to cybercrime, such as resonant cyberattacks.

Malware 130

Malware Ransomware Cybercrime Hacking 130

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Alex Holden , founder of Milwaukee-based cyber intelligence firm Hold Security , showed KrebsOnSecurity information obtained from monitoring dark web communications which suggested the initial intrusion may have begun as far back as September 2018. They didn’t even succeed at first, but they kept trying.” ”

Ransomware 338

Ransomware Computers and Electronics Healthcare Data breaches 338

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 1, 2018

I want to be able to do these retrospectives - not just on Jan 1 but every day - and say to myself "yeah, I'm happy with how far I've moved ahead" And believe me when I say that not a day goes by where I don't reflect on the last few years and think "yeah, this is awesome!"

Hacking 118

Hacking Encryption 118

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

When we looked at this in retrospect, during these three days the cybercriminals slowly compromised the entire network, disabling antivirus, running customized scripts, and deploying ransomware. “Emotet continues to be among the most costly and destructive malware,” reads a July 2018 alert on the malware from the U.S.

Passwords 190

Passwords Ransomware Password Management Malware 190