In the early 1900s, philosopher George Santayana coined the immortal phrase, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The same maxim holds true in industrial cybersecurity. Every piece of malware, phishing attempt or distributed denial of service attack started somewhere. One way to improve your cybersecurity posture is to learn from past attacks. What did the attackers exploit, what was the ensuing damage and what did we learn from the incident?
This eBook, full of our popular Throwback Attacks, includes stories on how a Florida teenager infiltrated the Department of Defense, where software supply chain attacks began and how the AIDS Trojan unleashed ransomware on the world.
Learning Objectives:
- A Florida teen hacks the Department of Defense and NASA
- Ken Thompson lays the foundation for software supply chain attacks
- The AIDS Trojan unleashes ransomware on the world in 1989
- Three teens stoke fears of a cyber war with the Solar Sunrise attack
- And so much more in this 25-page eBook!
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