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Troy Hunt

Mind you, a heap of them were asking questions already addressed in the blog post, but that's just the nature of the internet. What I will say is that if you're interested in more details on this incident, do read the comments. That 733M record breach (oh boy, this thing was a mammoth processing job!)

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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet

The Last Watchdog

One program, for instance, puts on workshops for Congressional staffers and other federal employees on how to recognize and avoid nation-state backed hackers looking to interfere in elections. So we’ve boiled the NIST framework down into a very focused workshop exercise. A large retailer may spend millions on cyber security.

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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Vulnerability Reward Program: 2021 Year in Review

Google Security

Throughout 2021, we partnered with the security researcher community to identify and fix thousands of vulnerabilities – helping keep our users and the internet safe. We also launched bughunters.google.com in 2021, a public researcher portal dedicated to keeping Google products and the internet safe and secure.

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Top IT Areas You Need to Check to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

The Internet network is vulnerable as cybercriminals are lurking online, waiting to intercept loopholes for hacking systems. Therefore, you need to invest in your employees by conducting cybersecurity workshops and training regularly. With an Internet connection in place, the software becomes vulnerable to online threats.

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Fixing Data Breaches Part 4: Bug Bounties

Troy Hunt

across the internet. When I run workshops , at the end of the second day I like to talk about automating security. If their motivation wasn't at all altruistic and all they wanted to do was cash in, they could have done so legally without spreading 167 million records (including mine!) bug bounties.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

Can you hack an airplane? Vamosi: Maybe you remember this: In 2014, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek succeeded in hacking a Jeep Cherokee while a reporter was driving it on a freeway during rush hour in St Louis, Missouri. So, given that we can now hack into cars remotely, could we hack into other systems as well?

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