Presently sponsored by: Do you desire peace of mind? The hackers don't wait, secure your website and mobile apps with Gold Security today. I'm on countdown to take-off for the next 2 and a bit weeks so I'm going to keep this intro really short because it's sitting between me and a relaxing cold one (as soon as the bags are ready). Heaps of services got pwned, Australia has a screwy set of circumstances (and reactions) around a cyber bill and HIBP had a 5th birthday celebration which resulted in stickers and a really fun live AMA video. That's it for now - next week's update comes from the snow! References We've all been scraped (66M people had their data exposed after it was scraped off LinkedIn) My data was included (This will give everyone a good sense of what sort of stuff was exposed about them) The Australian Assistance and Access bill was passed (that's a link to Patrick Gray's Risky Business podcast - listen to that episode, he does a much better job of explaining it than anyone else I've heard from about the 10:30 mark) Stickers! And an AMA! (it's all there, enjoy the HIBP birthday celebrations ) Gold Security is sponsoring my blog this week (another big thanks to a sponsor that's been featured many times this year now) Continue reading...