Security Nightmares with Troy Hunt
Troy is back, put on your tinfoil hat and get under the bed! Carl and Richard talk to Troy Hunt about the latest security exploits going around. Ransomware is hitting new highs, where a user's files get encrypted via malware, and the only way to get them back is to pay a ransom in Bitcoin. Or are there other ways to recover? And don't be so sure paying the ransom will fix anything, there are some unscrupulous criminals out there that just delete your files instead! The conversation also dives into the comprehensive move of the World Wide Web over to HTTPS - and with HTTP/2, HTTPS can actually be faster than HTTP!
Guests:
Troy Hunt
Troy Hunt is a Pluralsight author, Microsoft Regional Director and MVP and a world-renowned internet security specialist. He spends his time travelling the world speaking and running workshops where he teaches developers how to break into their own systems before helping to piece them back together to be secure against today’s online threats. He’s also the creator of “Have I been pwned?”, the free online service for breach monitoring and notifications. Troy regularly blogs at troyhunt.com from his home on the Gold Coast in Australia.
Links:
- Peer5 https://www.peer5.com/
- Troy's Website https://www.troyhunt.com/
- Have I Been Pwned? https://haveibeenpwned.com/
- CloudPets http://cloudpets.com/
- MongoDB Exploit on RunAsRadio http://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/519
- Free Ransomware Course https://www.varonis.com/learn/introduction-to-ransomware/
- No More Ransom https://www.nomoreransom.org/
- Windows Defender https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-defender
- Lets Encrypt https://letsencrypt.org/
- Internet of Shit https://twitter.com/internetofshit
- HTTP vs HTTPS https://www.httpvshttps.com/
- Duty Calls https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png
- CloudFlare https://www.cloudflare.com/