Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

that no, you didn't just need a username and birth date to reset the account password. So I wrote a blog post. Shortly after that blog post, three things happened and the first was that it got press. — Timothy Dutton (@ravenstar68) December 17, 2017. DC — NatWest (@NatWest_Help) December 12, 2017.

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Elie

MARCH 31, 2019

Password Checkup. Password checkup allows users to check, in a privacy-preserving manner, whether their username and password matches one of the more than 4B+ credentials exposed by third-party data breaches of which Google is aware. Password Checkup help users mitigate this threat through a one-click, install and forget.

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Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

A password manager claimed “zero trust for passwords” while a SIEM/UEBA vendor promised to reveal all zero trust secrets (I bet they use VPN internally…). A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” RSA 2017: What’s The Theme? RSA 2016: Musings and Contemplations RSA 2015: Rise of Chaos!!

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

A password manager claimed “zero trust for passwords” while a SIEM/UEBA vendor promised to reveal all zero trust secrets (I bet they use VPN internally…). A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” RSA 2017: What’s The Theme? RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! RSA 2015: Rise of Chaos!!

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

In May 2017, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) rolled out its Cyber Security Framework mandating detailed data security rules, including a requirement to encrypt and containerize business data in all computing formats. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.). Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Folks in the countries that predominantly read my blog are usually less concerned than those in other parts of the world, but in places where anything from political views to sexuality can have life-changing consequences, anonymity can be enormously important. 6/7 pic.twitter.com/0b5DLGf8fY — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) December 10, 2017.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

First, a network connection with a remote host was established using the command “net use” net use [IP address] IPC$ “ [password] ” /u:”[user name]” > $temp~tmp5936t.tmp 2>&1″ Next, the actor copied malware to the remote host using the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC).

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SecureList

JULY 29, 2021

According to public blogs, targeting was widespread but focused primarily on diplomatic entities throughout Europe and North America: based on the content of the lure documents bundled with the malware, this assessment appears to be accurate. On 24 April, an incident management advisory was also released.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

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