Read the original article: Weekly Update 202 Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Unfortunately, our run of good luck here down in Aus has taken a bit…
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Weekly Update 201
Read the original article: Weekly Update 201 Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? I love this setup! A huge amount of research went into this but the…
Building the Ultimate Home Office (Again)
Read the original article: Building the Ultimate Home Office (Again) Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? I was searching around for a quote a long the lines…
10B
Read the original article: 10B Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Nearly 7 years ago now, I started a little pet project to index data breaches and…
10B
Read the original article: 10B Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Nearly 7 years ago now, I started a little pet project to index data breaches and…
A Decade of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Read the original article: A Decade of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Presently sponsored by: Duo Security: Going Passwordless – The Future of Authentication. Get the guide on how you can build toward a fully passwordless future. Last week, I received…
A Decade of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Read the original article: A Decade of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Presently sponsored by: Duo Security: Going Passwordless – The Future of Authentication. Get the guide on how you can build toward a fully passwordless future. Last week, I received…
Weekly Update 198
Read the original article: Weekly Update 198 Presently sponsored by: Make bad passwords history with safepass.me. Installs in 5 minutes. Protects forever. Well, no surprises here: this week’s update is dominated by Thursday’s blog post about sustaining performance under extreme…
Sustaining Performance Under Extreme Stress
Read the original article: Sustaining Performance Under Extreme Stress Presently sponsored by: Make bad passwords history with safepass.me. Installs in 5 minutes. Protects forever. I started writing this blog post alone in a hotel room in Budapest last September. It…
Weekly Update 197
Read the original article: Weekly Update 197 Presently sponsored by: Make bad passwords history with safepass.me. Installs in 5 minutes. Protects forever. I’m literally surrounded by broken pieces of half finished repairs. My office is usually a pretty organised place…
Pwned Passwords, Version 6
Read the original article: Pwned Passwords, Version 6 Presently sponsored by: Credential stuffing is currently the biggest threat to organisations, find out how you can protect your network right now with safepass.me Today, almost one year after the release of…
Weekly Update 195
Read the original article: Weekly Update 195 Presently sponsored by: Duo Security: Phishing is one of the most common threats hitting organizations. Find out how it works and what you can do about it. This week’s update had a bunch…
Microsoft Regional Director (Trifecta)
Read the original article: Microsoft Regional Director (Trifecta) Presently sponsored by: Duo Security: Phishing is one of the most common threats hitting organizations. Find out how it works and what you can do about it. The photo up the top…
Weekly Update 194
Read the original article: Weekly Update 194 Presently sponsored by: NordVPN, the leading VPN provider. 5000+ servers in 59 countries. Use on 6 devices at the same time, on every major platform. It’s a total mixed bag this week with…
The Unattributable “Lead Hunter” Data Breach
Read the original article: The Unattributable “Lead Hunter” Data Breach Presently sponsored by: NordVPN, the leading VPN provider. 5000+ servers in 59 countries. Use on 6 devices at the same time, on every major platform. Pwned again. Damn. That’s me…
Analysing the (Alleged) Minneapolis Police Department “Hack”
Read the original article: Analysing the (Alleged) Minneapolis Police Department “Hack” Presently sponsored by: NordVPN, the leading VPN provider. 5000+ servers in 59 countries. Use on 6 devices at the same time, on every major platform. The situation in Minneapolis…
Weekly Update 193
Read the original article: Weekly Update 193 Presently sponsored by: NordVPN — secure your traffic with a faster VPN. For your remote work and browsing needs. First time back in a restaurant! Wandering down my local dining area during the…
The Unattributable “db8151dd” Data Breach
Read the original article: The Unattributable “db8151dd” Data Breach Presently sponsored by: NordVPN — an even faster VPN connection. Now powered by NordLynx, a WireGuard-based tunneling solution. I was reticent to write this blog post because it leaves a lot…
Weekly Update 191
Read the original article: Weekly Update 191 Presently sponsored by: NordVPN — an even faster VPN connection. Now powered by NordLynx, a WireGuard-based tunneling solution. I think I’m going to stick with the live weekly update model for the foreseeable…
Weekly Update 190
Read the original article: Weekly Update 190 Presently sponsored by: Five reasons you should secure your VPN with MFA to ensure an additional layer of defense. Get the guide by Duo Security. I went with the “just record it live”…
Weekly Update 189
Read the original article: Weekly Update 189 Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Last week, I got the vid out a day late and by early afternoon…
COVIDSafe App Teardown & Panel Discussion
Read the original article: COVIDSafe App Teardown & Panel Discussion Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? I’ve written a bunch about COVID-19 contact tracing apps recently as…
Weekly Update 188
Read the original article: Weekly Update 188 Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? It’s a day late because somehow, even in the current climate, I still find…
Weekly Update 187
Read the original article: Weekly Update 187 Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Spiders! Ok, not your normal start to a weekly update but yeah, we had…
Welcoming the Icelandic Government to Have I Been Pwned
Read the original article: Welcoming the Icelandic Government to Have I Been Pwned Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Hot on the heels of onboarding the USA…
Weekly Update 186
Presently sponsored by: Going beyond the perimeter: what a ‘zero-trust’ approach to security means and how to get started. Download the guide by Duo Security. Somehow this week’s update ended up being 55 minutes, largely because of playing with a…
Let’s Stop the 5G Hysteria: Understanding Hoaxes and Disinformation Campaigns
Presently sponsored by: Going beyond the perimeter: what a ‘zero-trust’ approach to security means and how to get started. Download the guide by Duo Security. Hey, did you hear that Facebook are going to start using your personal photos in…
No, I Won’t Link to Your Spammy Article
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No, I Won’t Link to Your Spammy Article
Presently sponsored by: Going beyond the perimeter: what a ‘zero-trust’ approach to security means and how to get started. Download the guide by Duo Security. If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve arrived here from a link I sent you…
Weekly Update 185
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. I actually lost track of what week it was at the start of this video. Did…
Reassuring Words and Good Intentions Don’t Mean Good Security
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. How much can you trust the assertions made by an organisation regarding their security posture? I…
Weekly Update 184
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. This has been an absolutely flat-out week between running almost 3 hours of our free Cyber-Broken…
Welcoming the USA Government to Have I Been Pwned
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. Over the last 2 years I’ve been gradually welcoming various governments from around the world onto…
Coding With Ari, for Kids at Home
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. Strange times, these. But equally, a time to focus on new things and indeed a time…
Coding With Ari, for Kids at Home
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. Strange times, these. But equally, a time to focus on new things and indeed a time…
Weekly Update 183
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. Geez, where do I even begin? I honestly wasn’t sure, then I could hear the kids…
There is a Serious Lack of Corporate Responsibility During Breach Disclosures
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. Subject: Data Breach of [your service] Hi, my name is Troy Hunt and I run the…
Everything is Cyber-Broken, The Online Edition!
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. Under normal circumstances, we’d be sitting on a stage, beers in hands and doing our (I…
Hack Yourself First Workshops in Australia, Denmark and Portugal (Virtually, of Course)
Presently sponsored by: Chronicle from Google. Redefining security analytics. Click here to learn about the platform designed for a world that thinks in petabytes. Of course it’s virtual because let’s face it, nobody is going anywhere at the moment. Plenty…
Weekly Update 182
Presently sponsored by: 1Password is a secure password manager and digital wallet that keeps you safe online Geez, where do you even begin given how the world has turned just in the last week? I spend a good quarter hour…
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Dodgy WiFi: Introducing Ubiquiti’s Dream Machine and FlexHD
Presently sponsored by: 1Password is a secure password manager and digital wallet that keeps you safe online I hate dodgy WiFi, hate it with a passion. I finally lost my mind with it a few years ago now so I…
Weekly Update 181
Presently sponsored by: Duo Security. The Essential Guide to Securing Remote Access. Download the to explore how to ensure user, device and application trust. This is the big one. It’s all HIBP and Project Svalbard top to bottom this week…
Enhancing Pwned Passwords Privacy with Padding
Presently sponsored by: Duo Security. The Essential Guide to Securing Remote Access. Download the to explore how to ensure user, device and application trust. Since launching version 2 of Pwned Passwords with the k-anonymity model just over 2 years ago…
Project Svalbard, Have I Been Pwned and its Ongoing Independence
Presently sponsored by: Duo. Modern security is evolving beyond the perimeter. Download Five Steps to Perimeter-Less Security and secure your application access. This is going to be a lengthy blog post so let me use this opening paragraph as a…
Weekly Update 180
Presently sponsored by: 1Password is a secure password manager and digital wallet that keeps you safe online If last week was the week where I felt like I was drowning in data that was still being processed, this week was…
Handling Huge Traffic Spikes with Azure Functions and Cloudflare
Presently sponsored by: 1Password is a secure password manager and digital wallet that keeps you safe online Back in 2016, I wrote a blog post about the Martin Lewis Money show featuring HIBP and how it drove an unprecedented spike…
Handling Huge Traffic Spikes with Azure Functions and Cloudflare
Presently sponsored by: 1Password is a secure password manager and digital wallet that keeps you safe online Back in 2016, I wrote a blog post about the Martin Lewis Money show featuring HIBP and how it drove an unprecedented spike…
Weekly Update 178
Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? This week I’m at Microsoft Ignite “The Tour” in Sydney with Lars Klint. I’ve spent most of the last couple of…
Donating BAT to Have I Been Pwned with Brave Browser
Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? I don’t know exactly why the recent uptick, but lately I’ve had a bunch of people ask me if I’ve tried…
Sharenting, BYOD and Kids Online: 10 Digital Tips for Modern Day Parents
Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Today is Safer Internet Day which marks the annual occurrence of parents thinking about their kids’ online presence (before we go…
Weekly Update 177
Presently sponsored by: Duo. Modern security is evolving beyond the perimeter. Download Five Steps to Perimeter-Less Security and secure your application access. I’ve got audio! Ok, so I cheated a bit in terms of recording back in the home office,…
Weekly Update 176
Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Well that’s the audio issues fixed – mostly. The Zoom H6 is an awesome recorder, I just can’t quite work out…
Weekly Update 175
Presently sponsored by: SecurityFWD. A brand new YouTube show from Varonis. Watch Episode 1: How Far can Wi-Fi Travel? Alright, let me get this off my chest first – I’ve totally lost it with these bloody Instamics. I’ve had heaps…
Kids and Code: Object Oriented Programming with Code Combat
Presently sponsored by: Varonis. Free Video Course: 7 Hidden Office 365 Security Settings You Can Only Unlock with PowerShell Geez time flies. It’s just a tad under 4 years ago that I wrote about teaching kids to code with code.org…
Kids and Code: Object Oriented Programming with Code Combat
Presently sponsored by: Varonis. Free Video Course: 7 Hidden Office 365 Security Settings You Can Only Unlock with PowerShell Geez time flies. It’s just a tad under 4 years ago that I wrote about teaching kids to code with code.org…
Kids and Code: Object Orientated Programming with Code Combat
Presently sponsored by: Varonis. Free Video Course: 7 Hidden Office 365 Security Settings You Can Only Unlock with PowerShell Geez time flies. It’s just a tad under 4 years ago that I wrote about teaching kids to code with code.org…
Weekly Update 174
Presently sponsored by: Shape – App Security & Fraud Summit. Join the Virtual Web Session: Protecting Against Compromised Credentials Before They Hit The Dark Web We’re in Norway! More specifically, Scott Helme and I are in Hafjell and recording this…
Welcoming the Danish Government to Have I Been Pwned
Presently sponsored by: Shape – App Security & Fraud Summit. Join the Virtual Web Session: Protecting Against Compromised Credentials Before They Hit The Dark Web In a continued bid to make breach data available to the government departments around the…
Welcoming the Danish Government to Have I Been Pwned
Presently sponsored by: Shape – App Security & Fraud Summit. Join the Virtual Web Session: Protecting Against Compromised Credentials Before They Hit The Dark Web In a continued bid to make breach data available to the government departments around the…
Weekly Update 173
Presently sponsored by: Varonis. Free Video Course: 7 Hidden Office 365 Security Settings You Can Only Unlock with PowerShell I really should have started the video about 3 minutes earlier. Had I done that, you’d have caught me toppling backwards…
The Difficulty of Disclosure, Surebet247 and the Streisand Effect
Presently sponsored by: Varonis. Free Video Course: 7 Hidden Office 365 Security Settings You Can Only Unlock with PowerShell This is a blog post about disclosure, specifically the difficulty with doing it in a responsible fashion as the reporter whilst…
Weekly Update 172
Presently sponsored by: Varonis. Free Video Course: 7 Hidden Office 365 Security Settings You Can Only Unlock with PowerShell I couldn’t get 2 days into the new decade without without having to deal with ridiculous password criteria from Tik Tok…
Promiscuous Cookies and Their Impending Death via the SameSite Policy
Presently sponsored by: Varonis. Free Video Course: 7 Hidden Office 365 Security Settings You Can Only Unlock with PowerShell Cookies like to get around. They have no scruples about where they go save for some basic constraints relating to the…