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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. Navy patented onion routing in 1998.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

In 2006, BackTrack Linux happened which was based initially on Slax, then moved to Ubuntu. This created BackTrack in May 2006. With technology, trends change. In infosec, trends change as technology changes, software stacks change, attack surface changes, and defenses improve. This lead into WHAX in 2005, which used Slax.

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

Herjavec Group

1903 — Wireless Telegraphy — During John Ambrose Fleming’s first public demonstration of Marconi’s “secure” wireless telegraphy technology, Nevil Maskelyne disrupts it by sending insulting Morse code messages discrediting the invention. Dateline Cybercrime . It is thought to be the first computer virus. . retailer (Polo Ralph Lauren).

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Weathering Russian Winter: The Current State of Russian APTs

Security Boulevard

According to Richard Bejtlich’s paper on the topic , ‘the United States Air Force coined the phrase ‘advanced persistent threat’ in 2006 because teams working within the service needed a way to communicate with counterparts in the unclassified public world.’ Social engineering training. Monitoring. Regular patching.

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MY TAKE: How state-backed cyber ops have placed the world in a constant-state ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’

The Last Watchdog

China’s focus has been on the theft of data and intellectual property to advance national interests in key technologies,” Bort said. nuclear arsenal in 2003 • Breaches of computers at the Department of Commerce in 2006 • Hacking of military systems at U.S. It’s an open secret that this is in support of their Made in China 2025 plan.”

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