Consumer Services, Manufacturing and Passwords

Understanding Have I Been Pwned's Use of SHA-1 and k-Anonymity

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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Evolution of JSWorm ransomware

SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

According to the victim list published by the threat actors, two-fifths (41%) of JSWorm attacks were targeted against companies in the Engineering and Manufacturing category. Energy and Utilities (10%), Finance (10%), Professional and Consumer Services (10%), Transportation (7%), and Healthcare (7%) were also at the top of their list.

Ransomware

Ransomware Encryption Malware Energy and Utilities

Cyber Security Informer

Understanding Have I Been Pwned's Use of SHA-1 and k-Anonymity

Evolution of JSWorm ransomware

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