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Harvard Business Publishing licensee hit by ransomware

Security Affairs

The dataset also contained payment logs with emails, dates, bank names, phone numbers, and internet protocol (IP) addresses. SHA1 (Secure Hashing Algorithm 1) has been broken since 2004 and can be breached quickly by criminals at relatively little cost. The 3.9GB-strong database held information from 2017 onwards.

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

Herjavec Group

1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. An industry expert estimates the attacks resulted in $1.2

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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. These days, cyber security is personal, Grant said: from corporate losses and fines to personal identity theft. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month.