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"Pwned", the Book, is Finally Here!

Troy Hunt

which I've now included in this book 😊 These are the stories behind the stories and finally, the book about it all is here: I announced the book back in April last year after Rob, Charlotte and I had already invested a heap of effort before releasing a preview in October. This book has it all. Pat Phelan.

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Analysis of the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Report

Daniel Miessler

TOPIC: In this episode, Daniel takes a look at the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Verizon’s Breach Report is one of the best infosec reports out there, and I’m always excited when I hear it’s been released. The top 2 breach threat actions were Phishing and Use of Stolen Creds.

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Burnout: The Hidden Cost of Working in Cybersecurity & Other High Risk Fields

Jane Frankland

In this blog, and ahead of my talk at Infosec this week , I’m delving into this, and giving you tips for recognising its signs and preventing it as a leader. This increases the likelihood of making mistakes, such as clicking on phishing links, sharing data in insecure ways, using weak passwords, or not spotting cyber threat patterns.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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2018 Retrospective

Troy Hunt

It's been resoundingly well-received by both browsers to the site and the sponsors themselves and I've already booked 2019 out until August. SSW in Sydney: How safe is your #password ?! TECHpalooza on the Gold Coast: We’ve got a password problem. The sponsorship model continued strongly too. Speaking Geez, where to start.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. This was a software flaw.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. This was a software flaw.