article thumbnail

The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

More robust security for Domain Name Systems (DNS). Securing edge devices with identity authentication. Mitigating risk of false key propagation and identity theft. Verifying and logging software updates and downloads. Decentralized data storage that removes the need for a honeypot.

article thumbnail

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

Herjavec Group

2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. 2005 — PhoneBusters — PhoneBusters reports 11K+ identity theft complaints in Canada, and total losses of $8.5M, making this the fastest growing form of consumer fraud in North America. .