SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. The history of scams and phishing. Posing as AOL employees, the scammers sent messages asking users to verify their accounts or asking for payment details. Also in the 1990s, the first online scams appeared.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

2004 Athens. The most interesting cyber story in the build up to the 2004 games was an infamous wiretapping incident in Athens. The most interesting incident was probably a fake opening ceremonies website serving infections , via promotion from a bogus Twitter account. Here, you’d get nothing but survey scams. 2020 Tokyo.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. emphasized collective action and individual accountability. Themes such as "Our Shared Responsibility" and "Own IT.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

But by all accounts, few attacks from those gangs have come close to the amount of firepower wielded by a pro-Russia group calling itself “ NoName057(16).” MIRhosting is a hosting provider founded in The Netherlands in 2004. “And then they just keep coming back and opening new cloud accounts.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. A CISA advisory highlights that, “MFA is one of the most important cybersecurity practices to reduce the risk of intrusions—according to industry research, users who enable MFA are up to 99% less likely to have an account compromised.”.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There’s not many individual scams which can put “18 years and counting” on their resume. Way back in 2004, a spam email claimed that assistance was needed for a lost astronaut. Of course, this was tied into a nonsensical scam about recovering lots of lost money should he be brought safely back. spaaaaaaaaaace.

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Scams Social Engineering Engineering Accountability 92

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2021

When building awareness of data breaches, a very useful source is this interactive graphic showing the scale of some of the world’s largest data breaches, dating all the way back to 2004. This is rampant in Ireland at the moment, with widespread reports of scam texts and emails. Message in a bottleneck.

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