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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

2002 – 2006: Origins of the Tor Project After onion routing was patented, additional computer scientists joined the original development team in 2002 and created the biggest project for onion routing yet: The Onion Routing Project, now commonly known as the Tor Project. What are some of the risks of the dark web?

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Estonia sues Gemalto for 152M euros over flaws in citizen ID cards issued by the company

Security Affairs

.” In November 2017, Estonia announced that it would suspend security digital certificates for up to 760,000 state-issued electronic ID-cards that are using the buggy chips to mitigate the risk of identity theft. Estonia replaced Gemalto and its predecessor for the supply of ID cards since 2002, with the company Idemia.

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3.4 Million user records from LiveAuctioneers hack available for sale

Security Affairs

LiveAuctioneers is one of the world’s largest art, antiques & collectibles online marketplace that was founded in 2002. “ CloudSEK ’s flagship digital risk monitoring platform XVigil discovered a post, on a surface web database marketplace, advertising the information of 3.4 million users.

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How to Comply with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) revised Safeguards Rule

CyberSecurity Insiders

The rule was first introduced in 2002 and has been revised multiple times to keep up with evolving technology and security threats. Identify and assess the risks to customer information in each relevant area of the company’s operation and evaluate the effectiveness of the current safeguards for controlling these risks.

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Spotlight Podcast: At 15 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Grows with Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

To answer those questions we invited two experts into The Security Ledger studio to talk about the evolution of the event and of the cyber security industry itself: Russ Schrader is the Executive director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) and Angel Grant is the Director, RSA Identity and RSA Fraud & Risk Intelligence.

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What does WiFi stand for?

Malwarebytes

In 2002, WECA was rebranded to WiFi Alliance, which features hundreds of renowned member companies today. In public, using shared WiFi carries risks (more on that below). Use a modern router if you can because an old router can be a security risk. How to reduce public WiFi security risks. What is a WiFi hotspot?

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Cybersecurity regulations: How do laws apply to your business?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Let’s dive into the three points you should cover to avoid risks before discussing international and US federal and state laws. It was enacted to prevent and mitigate identity theft, provide notice of security breaches, and enhance law enforcement assistance. Bush in 2002, was enacted to post the 9/11 attacks.