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GT-R: The technology of speed
This video is part of a blog post at: http://www.troyhunt.com/2013/07/gt-r-technology-of-speed....
If you're just after the windy road bits, flick through to 15:00 with the best sections of road ... -
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The world's greatest Azure demo
This video is part of a blog post at: http://www.troyhunt.com/2014/03/the-worlds-greatest-azure...
I do a lot of demos. I write a lot of blog posts. Thing is though, none of them really sel... -
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Scammer identifies "viruses" in a brand new Windows Azure VM then asks for porn
I thought I'd seen it all when it comes to cold call virus scammers, you know, the guys who call you up from "Windows" because they've had reports of viruses from your machine? I've recorded their ... -
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I tried to record another virus scam caller but the bloody dingos and local wildlife kept messing things up!
Bloody galah scammers still not getting the message
As viewers will know by now, I'm not real fond of virus call centre scammers. You know, the ones who call you up while you're making dinner or bathing and kids and tell you they're from Microsoft a... -
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The security futility that is embedding secure login forms within insecure pages
I've been writing a bunch of content around HTTPS lately and recording videos to demonstrate the ease with which insecure implementations of SSL can be broken. For example, there was the piece on w... -
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Understanding the risk of mixed content warnings
Ever see one of those "mixed content" warnings in the browser? You know, the ones on an HTTPS page that either tell you some content wasn't loaded or you need to explicitly opt into it? Here's what... -
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Security is hard, insecurity is easy -- understanding a simple misconfiguration risk
One could argue that security is hard. Not all aspects of it, mind you, but the prevalence of website hacks would seem to indicate that plenty of people are struggling to get it right.
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Your logon form posts to HTTPS, but you blew it when you loaded it over HTTP
Here's an often held conversation between concerned website user and site owner:
User: "Hey mate, your website isn't using SSL when I enter my password, what gives?!"
Owner: "Ah, but it posts to ... -
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Here's why you can't trust SSL logos on HTTP pages (even from SSL vendors)
A couple of days ago I wrote about Why I am the world's greatest lover (and other worthless security claims) and it really seemed to resonate. In short, whacking a seal on your website that talks ... -
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Using the Microsoft Surface Pro
Screen capture of how the Surface Pro works.
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Operating system SmackDown: Windows 8 blitzes XP on 7 year old hardware
A few weeks back I wrote about The impending crisis that is Windows XP and IE 8 and boy did I hear some opinions!
"Why should I be forced to upgrade?! I'm happy with my 11 year old OS dammit!"
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5 minute wonders: Finding lazy loading nasties with ANTS Profiler
Identifying the n+1 lazy loading condition is dead simple with ANTS Performance Profiler.
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It happened again - another cold call virus scam complete with the usual outright lies and deception.
Cold call virus scams are still alive and well
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This is yet another video (similar to others on this channel) where Indian based scammers call up in the evening to kindly tell you that yo... -
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Hacking is child's play - SQL injection with Havij by 3 year old
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You know what really strikes me about a lot of the hacks we've seen lately? It just seems too easy. I mean we're seeing a huge number of attacks (an unprecedented numb... -
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Exploiting XSS: What Tesco doesn't understand about web security (but you probably should)
Cross site scripting (XSS) is one of those website vulnerabilities that a lot of people don't seem to take too seriously. Certainly Tesco didn't when I passed on information which was privately sha... -
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Cold call scammed again - but this time, it's local
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It happened again. After 6pm, unlisted number, foreign accent. I've heard this before. And again before that. And again before that too. An... -
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Our password hashing has no clothes
Many of us rely on the use of salt in the belief it will make our passwords "secure" when hashed with a variant of the SHA algorithm. Unfortunately, processing power has progress to the point where... -
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"Type www." -- "Ok, w-w-w-d-o-t"; antagonising call centre scammers
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I continue to be plagued by call centres phoning up and attempting to convince me I have viruses on my PC. This problem appears to be occur... -
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Scamming the scammers -- catching the virus call centre scammers red-handed
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Ever have one of those calls from the other side of the world where the person at the other end of the phone claims your PC has got a virus... -
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5 minute wonders: From zero to hero with AppHarbor
AppHarbor is one of the hottest things to hit .NET since, well, just about ever. It packages up the entire app lifecycle of source control, build, deployment and hosting and makes it dead simple; i... -
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Anatomy of a virus call centre scam
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I just had a call from a very nice women who appeared to be from the subcontinent and wanted to help me remove viruses from my computer. No... -
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5 minute wonders: The ASP.NET membership provider
The ASP.NET membership provider makes implementing registration and login features in .NET apps an absolute breeze. It does it quickly, securely and it's genuinely only a 5 minute job.
The relat...