Troy Hunt

JANUARY 3, 2019

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. Probably with my 2018 events page which lists everything I did of a public nature.

Passwords 204

Passwords Technology Government InfoSec 204

SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The risks of stalkerware can go beyond the online sphere and enter the physical world. This means they cannot protect themselves, online or offline, especially as the perpetrator using stalkerware usually knows their victim personally. In 2019, we created a special alert that notifies users if stalkerware is installed on their phones.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Scammers created websites that offered souvenirs at low prices, including rare items that were out of stock in legitimate online stores. Scammers created websites that offered souvenirs at low prices, including rare items that were out of stock in legitimate online stores.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 90

SecureList

AUGUST 16, 2022

Chrome, Safari, Mozilla — these and many other major Web browsers — have their own online stores to distribute thousands of extensions, and the most popular plug-ins there reach over 10 million users. However, extensions are not always as secure as you might think — even innocent-looking adds-on can be a real risk.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Raccoons are blind in the light, so they were effectively creating a denial of service attack upon themselves. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park. And as a consequence I inherited a family of raccoons living into my cottage. One night I found the light in the crawl space beneath the cottage was on and off and on again. Funny thing.

IoT 52

IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Raccoons are blind in the light, so they were effectively creating a denial of service attack upon themselves. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park. And as a consequence I inherited a family of raccoons living into my cottage. One night I found the light in the crawl space beneath the cottage was on and off and on again. Funny thing.

IoT 52

IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The FTC claims that spy phones secretly harvested and shared data on people's physical movements phone news online activities through a hidden hack. Vamosi: Ever get the feeling that someone is watching you. It's natural. But what if the feeling that someone was watching you was persistent. So I hope you'll stick around.

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