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A History of Cybersecurity

in the Twenty-First Century 🧠 TL;DR – A History of Cybersecurity in the 21st Century 🔐💻 🔍 Overview:From the early 2000s to the 2020s, cybersecurity has evolved dramatically in response to increasingly sophisticated threats. What started with experimental worms has escalated into ransomware, nation-state cyber warfare, and AI-powered attacks. 📅 2000s – The Worm Era 🪱 Famous viruses: ILOVEYOU,…

A History of Cybersecurity

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What the Colonial Pipeline Attack Means for SMBs

Last month, people across the East Coast of the United States waited in long lines at the gas pump after a ransomware cyberattack crippled a significant gas pipeline that delivers nearly half of the fuel to the region. It took Colonial Pipeline, which manages nearly 5,500 miles of gas pipelines, approximately a week to get its

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U.S. recovers $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid in Colonial Pipeline attack

U.S. recovers $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid in Colonial Pipeline attack

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it recovered some $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Colonial Pipeline Co ransomware attack. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said investigators had seized 63.7 Bitcoins, now valued at about $2.3 million, paid by Colonial after last month’s hack that led to massive shortages at gas stations along the East Coast just as the summer…

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Cybercrime: Nigeria's slow arrival into the 21st century, By Confidence McHarry

Cybercrime: Nigeria’s slow arrival into the 21st century, By Confidence McHarry

Cybercrime (Photo: The SSL Store) At the core of this slow arrival into the 21st century is the problem of leadership. Exactly a year ago, Nigeria’s Minister Of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, supervised Windows 7…to be used by government officials for video conferencing In 2020 despite a ₦17 billion budget for his Ministry in 2019. It is clear that the government does not…

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