Handler on Duty: Xavier Mertens
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Analyzing Malicious Documents and Why Password Change Policies Don't make sense
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Implementing "bash_history" for cmd.exe
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Windows+Command+Line+Persistence/20949/
Mixed encoding in Malicious Documents
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/VBS+VBE/20953/
Swedish Air Traffic Control Outage Result of Solar Flares
http://www.lfv.se/en/news/news-2016/full-capacity-after-90-minutes-radar-loss
Why you should not require password changes
https://www.cesg.gov.uk/articles/problems-forcing-regular-password-expiry
Bypassing Microsoft Edge XSS Filter
http://blog.portswigger.net/2016/04/edge-xss-filter-bypass.html
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Windows+Command+Line+Persistence/20949/
Mixed encoding in Malicious Documents
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/VBS+VBE/20953/
Swedish Air Traffic Control Outage Result of Solar Flares
http://www.lfv.se/en/news/news-2016/full-capacity-after-90-minutes-radar-loss
Why you should not require password changes
https://www.cesg.gov.uk/articles/problems-forcing-regular-password-expiry
Bypassing Microsoft Edge XSS Filter
http://blog.portswigger.net/2016/04/edge-xss-filter-bypass.html
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Lorrie Cranor (http://lorrie.cranor.org/) has done some interesting work in this area. https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/files/pdfs/tech_reports/CMUCyLab13013.pdf
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2016/03/time-rethink-mandatory-password-changes
http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/passwords.html
https://www.ted.com/talks/lorrie_faith_cranor_what_s_wrong_with_your_pa_w0rd?language=en