Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2007, Salomon collected more than $3,000 from botmasters affiliated with competing spam affiliate programs that wanted to see Spamhaus suffer, and the money was used to fund a week-long distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Spamhaus and its online infrastructure. One such site — sun-technology[.]net

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Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 283

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

These factors have combined to push many organizations toward adoption of technologies – like cloud applications, VPNs and home networks – with bugs and misconfigurations that are most likely to be exploited by ransomware groups.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Whether perceived or real, a lack of understanding about blockchain technology has slowed the adoption of advanced distributed database technology in the past decade. We’ll look at what blockchain technology is, how its development relates to cybersecurity, and the state of blockchain-based security solutions.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

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. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S. Dateline Cybercrime .

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

The Cisco Secure portfolio is massive, including next-generation firewalls (NGFW), MFA, vulnerability management, and DDoS protection. Launched in 2007, ExtraHop’s success as a AI-based cybersecurity vendor led to its acquisition in July 2021 by Bain Capital for $900 million. Darktrace DETECT Features. ExtraHop Networks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. The solution includes cloud sandboxing technology, preventing zero-day threats, and full disk encryption capability for enhanced data protection. Founded: 2007.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Founded in 2007, Por t nox began selling a software-based NAC solution to be used in local networks. Portnox is a private company that specializes in network access security with nearly 1,000 customers and closed a Series A fundraising with Elsewhere Partners for $22 million in 2022.

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