Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 13, 2017

A couple of years ago, I was heavily involved in analysing and reporting on the massive VTech hack , the one where millions of records were exposed including kids' names, genders, ages, photos and the relationship to parents' records which included their home address. Part of this data was collected via an IoT device called the InnoTab which is a wifi connected tablet designed for young kids; think Fisher Price designing an iPad. then totally screwing up the security.

IoT 279

IoT Risk Mobile Hacking 279

Elie

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In-depth research publications, industry talks and blog posts about Google security, research at Google and cybersecurity in general in open-access.

Ransomware 48

Ransomware Cybersecurity 48

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I first heard about Mayhem when I read that researchers at my university, Carnegie Mellon, had reported 1200 crashes in Debian , just by running their binary analysis system on Debian programs for 15 minutes at a time. When I learned that the technology developed by those researchers was spun out as a startup, ForAllSecure, I knew I had to get involved.

Technology 40

Technology Software 40

Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 9, 2017

We all jumped on "the Equifax dumpster fire bandwagon" recently and pointed to all the things that went fundamentally wrong with their disclosure process. But it's equally important that we acknowledge exemplary handling of data breaches when they occur because that's behaviour that should be encouraged. Last week, someone reached out and shared a number of data breaches with me.

Data breaches 258

Data breaches Passwords Accountability Internet 258

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 13, 2017

After being couped up inside most of the week due to some (very unusual) bad weather, when the sun came out today the only responsible thing to do was to jump on the jet ski and head off to an island to do my weekly update. As much as it was nice to get out, the audio is a little sketchy in places which I suspect is due to my mic losing its furry cover and then dangling from the lanyard on my hat and hitting my chest.

Data breaches 107

Data breaches 107

Elie

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This blog post exposes the cybercriminal groups that dominate the ransomware underworld, and analyzes the reasons for their success. This is the third and final blog post of my series on ransomware economics. The first post was dedicated to the methodology and techniques developed to trace ransomware payments from end to end. The second post shed light on the inner workings of ransomsphere economics.

Ransomware 91

Ransomware Marketing Encryption Malware 91

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I first heard about Mayhem when I read that researchers at my university, Carnegie Mellon, had reported 1200 crashes in Debian , just by running their binary analysis system on Debian programs for 15 minutes at a time. When I learned that the technology developed by those researchers was spun out as a startup, ForAllSecure, I knew I had to get involved.

Technology 40

Technology Software Engineering Hacking 40

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I first heard about Mayhem when I read that researchers at my university, Carnegie Mellon, had reported 1200 crashes in Debian , just by running their binary analysis system on Debian programs for 15 minutes at a time. When I learned that the technology developed by those researchers was spun out as a startup, ForAllSecure, I knew I had to get involved.

Technology 40

Technology Software Engineering Hacking 40