Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Allow me to be controversial for a moment: arbitrary password restrictions on banks such as short max lengths and disallowed characters don't matter. Also, allow me to argue with myself for a moment: banks shouldn't have these restrictions in place anyway. 6 characters. for my *online banking*.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 13, 2020

I spend a good quarter hour at the start of this video talking about what I'll be doing, namely getting on with business and running a bunch of public workshops remotely in conjunction with Scott Helme. References You can register to do Scott Helme's and my "Hack Yourself First" workshop at NDC Copenhagen on April 1-2 right now!

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Along with a private Sydney workshop earlier on, I'm talking about some free upcoming NDC meetup events in Brisbane and Melbourne and I'd love to get a great turnout for. In other news, there was old news appearing as new news about how hosed you are if your machine is compromised with the level of hosing extending to your password manager.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 27, 2018

I talk about that below including the preceding days involving some pretty full on sledding in Norway, workshops, talks, ice, slush and snow. LastPass is sponsoring my blog this week (if you don't already have a password manager, you're doing it wrong!). iTunes podcast | Google Play Music podcast | RSS podcast.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Learn about strong password creation, multi-factor authentica-tion, secure browsing habits, and data encryption. Implement Strong Password Practices: Passwords serve as the first line of defense against unauthorized access to your online accounts. Utilize a password manager to securely store and generate strong passwords.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2022

The reputation is well-deserved when you consider that we (the cybersecurity team) tell users to create a unique password for each account to increase security. According to Gartner, 20 – 50% of help desk calls are for password reset – which is an expensive burden for any help desk.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Much of this is simply due to lack of awareness; I must have taught 50 security workshops where the vast majority of attendees had simply never heard of CSP before. This is poor form as it can break tools that encourage good security practices such as password managers. Let them paste passwords! Why do websites do this?

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