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25 Years Later: Reflecting on L0pht’s 1998 Congress Testimonial and the Evolution of Cybersecurity

Veracode Security

The Slow Burn: From L0pht’s Testimony to Government Action L0pht’s 1998 testimony set the stage for the next 25 years of internet security awareness. Even my 2003 testimony to Congress still proved that we have a long way to go in building secure software. However, it took years for change to start happening.

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SentinelOne And Mimecast Integrate To Improve End-To-End Threat Protection For Enterprise Devices and Email

CyberSecurity Insiders

Mimecast (NASDAQ: MIME) was born in 2003 with a focus on delivering relentless protection. Each day, we take on cyber disruption for our tens of thousands of customers around the globe; always putting them first, and never giving up on tackling their biggest security challenges together. Mimecast: Relentless protection.

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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

In a 2003 interview Mitnick claimed he never used stolen information or destroyed data during his hacks. This violated the terms of parole and a warrant was issued for his arrest. A two-year manhunt followed in which Mitnick was declared the most wanted computer hacker in the world. Mitnick was captured in 1995 by the FBI.

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

Herjavec Group

2 – It demonstrates the importance of security awareness training for your employees! After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information. 2003 — Operation CyberSweep — The U.S. I love it for a few reasons. #1 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S.

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

The Security Ledger

And this year is a special occasion: a Quinceañera of sorts recognizing 15 years since the first Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004. As my guests this week note: the goals of Cyber Security focus and importance of cyber security awareness month has changed a lot since the early 2000s.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

They recently received the ONLY "Customer's Choice" rating in Gartner's "Voice of the Customer” Security Awareness Computer-Based Training report. Proofpoint offers email protection, network sandboxing, security awareness training, cloud protection and more. Founded: 2003. Learn more about Check Point. Proofpoint.

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Xen and the Art of Vulnerability Maintenance

NopSec

The recent Xen hypervisor bug and the 2003 Northeast blackout due to the older rare condition error illustrate how a single vulnerability can represent widespread risk. Security has many layers and collaborators as part of the process to ensure a relatively high assurance of minimum risk.