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.

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InfoSec 147

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!" Here's how I feel about 2017: Blogging.

Hacking 118

Hacking Encryption 118

Elie

MARCH 9, 2018

This talk provides a retrospective on how during 2017 Check Point and Google jointly hunted down Gooligan – one of the largest Android botnets at the time. Beside its scale what makes Gooligan a worthwhile case-study is its heavy reliance on stolen oauth tokens to attack Google Play’s API, an approach previously unheard of in malware.

Malware 59

Malware 59

Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

The NSA suffered an even worse leak of its secrets by the Russians, under the guise of the Shadow Brokers, in 2016 and 2017. This essay previously appeared in an IETF publication, as part of an Edward Snowden ten-year retrospective. The NSA has rebuilt. It again has capabilities we can only surmise.

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Surveillance Computers and Electronics Encryption Government 313

SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

Kacey Sensenich, chief technology officer at Rockingham County Schools (25 schools, 11,691 students in the 2019-2020 school year), ran up against an Emotet trojan infection in December 2017. 11 of 2017, Sensenich began observing signs of abnormal network behavior. In retrospect, this was too much privilege.

Malware 78

Malware Backups Education Ransomware 78

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers, Censornet was a Niche Player in 2017 and 2018. For the Forrester Wave for Cloud Security Gateways, Imperva was a Contender in 2016 and 2017, and Forcepoint was a Strong Performer in 2021. Recognition for Censornet. Recognition for McAfee. Microsoft .

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Risk Firewall Authentication Encryption 128

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 3, 2019

I started doing these retrospectives 3 years ago in my first year of independence. Blogging I actually got a bit of a surprise when I pulled the list of my most popular blog posts for 2018: The surprise was that after the home page, the most popular page hit on my site was the one about Online Spambot , a post I published in August 2017.

Passwords 204

Passwords Technology Government InfoSec 204