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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

The Origins and History of the Dark Web IdentityIQ The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that cannot be accessed as easily. The dark web consists of websites and services that operate anonymously and aren’t accessible in the “public” part of the internet. The deep web is far and away the largest part of the internet.

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Jeff Moss on the Evolution of Hacking at SecTor 2021

ForAllSecure

He said people would write out large text files and share these on bulletin boards “because there was no internet.” ” No internet, no online stores, so the most you could steal was free long distance phone calls, which you would need to contact different databases around the world.

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Is Apple’s Safari browser the last, best hope for web privacy?

Malwarebytes

And because none of the major browser vendors had enough market share to “ embrace, extend and extinguish “, as Microsoft had attempted when Internet Explorer was dominant, everyone was forced to follow the same open standards. Everyone benefitted. Unfortunately, as good as it is, Firefox is on shaky ground.

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2020 Predictions: New Challenges for Data Privacy and the 5G Hackathon

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The adoption of emerging technologies like 5G will fuel the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) that’s often built with only a few security controls and therefore creating a larger attack surface that enterprises have to deal with., At the same time, consumers are deeply concerned with how their data is collected and used.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

That, of course, was not all, but it is an example of how someone -- anyone on the internet -- can take a photo or blog post or Yelp review from social media, or some other seemingly random open source item and tie it back to a crime. Which then I could configure to get on the internet, you know.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: In 2002, I wrote an article for ZDNET titled “Jail Time is Not The Answer to Cyber Crime.” ” I wrote about the pending Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002 (CSEA) and said: “ The problem with this legislation is that it's often very difficult to determine who is responsible for any given cybercrime.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW. AllegisCyber Capital.