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Play by Play: Exploring the Internet of Vulnerabilities

This Play by Play will explore "the Internet of vulnerabilities", that is to draw awareness to how fundamentally flawed much of the Internet is.

Niall Merrigan - Pluralsight course - Play by Play: Exploring the Internet of Vulnerabilities
by Niall Merrigan
Troy Hunt - Pluralsight course - Play by Play: Exploring the Internet of Vulnerabilities
by Troy Hunt

What you'll learn

We're seeing a lot of attacks against large online assets that are being successfully executed by very under-skilled adversaries, very often children. Much of the reason behind this is due to very low-hanging vulnerabilities that are easily exploited combined with a prevalence of tools that make it a simple task for anyone with a bit of curiosity. In this Play by Play, you'll explore "the Internet of vulnerabilities", that is to draw awareness to how fundamentally flawed much of the Internet is.

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About the authors

Niall Merrigan - Pluralsight course - Play by Play: Exploring the Internet of Vulnerabilities
Niall Merrigan

Niall is a solutions architect and security professional based in Norway. He specializes in Web Application, Network, and Social Engineering style attacks and can be found travelling the world, telling people how these attacks work.

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Troy Hunt - Pluralsight course - Play by Play: Exploring the Internet of Vulnerabilities
Troy Hunt

Troy Hunt is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for Developer Security. He's a regular conference speaker, frequent blogger at troyhunt.com and is the creator of the data breach notification service known as “Have I Been Pwned”.

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