Security News This Week: The Biggest DDoS For Hire Site Goes Down
Security News This Week: The Biggest DDoS For Hire Site Goes Down
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
April 30, 20184m 38s
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Show Notes
WIRED tackled the big questions in security this week, starting with maybe the biggest: Why do so many people use "dragon" as their password? The answer actually says a lot about the psychology of passwords, and how those popular password lists are made in the first place. And there's a whole lot more. Another surprising discovery? Why it makes at least some sense that Atlanta paid $2.6 million to recover from a ransomware attack that had demanded only $52,000.
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