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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

government websites in 1998 and is sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2001. 2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. For customers looking to bundle, Huawei offers vulnerability scanning , WAFs, and advanced DDoS protection. The DBSS database audit supports eight database types including MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

With two options to choose from, the Web Application Protector (WAP) offers DDoS protection , bot management, and is pre-configured to detect the latest threats. Users praised Imperva for its DDoS protection capabilities as well as rule-based controls and signatures. 5 star rating over 208 user reviews on Gartner Peer Insights.

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Cyber Security Roundup for March 2021

Security Boulevard

The sudo vulnerability aka CVE-2001-3156 , seemed to go under the radar after it was announced and patches were released on 26th January 2021. DDoS Attacks Leverage Plex Media Server. Phishing Campaign alters Prefix in Hyperlinks to bypass Email Defenses. Ransomware Group Claims it Dumped Source Code of Cyberpunk 2077 Game.

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010. In July 2001, the Code Red Worm attempted to subject the entire Internet to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. In fact, China itself would fall prey to the second iteration of Code Red in August 2001.

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