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How Clifford Stoll’s Tracking of Hackers Became a Landm...

Picture this: It's 1986, and the internet is still in its infancy, a clunky netw...

How Early Cybersecurity Professors Shaped the Industry

Most people think cybersecurity began with flashy hackers in hoodies or big gove...

How AI Started Changing the Future of Cybersecurity

Picture this: A world where cyber threats lurk around every digital corner, but ...

How Cloud Computing Created New Security Challenges

Imagine a world where your data floats in the sky, accessible from anywhere, any...

How Cybersecurity Shifted After the Global WannaCry Attack

On Friday, May 12, 2017, millions of people around the world watched in horror a...

How Ransomware Became the Fastest-Growing Cyber Threat

Imagine arriving at work one morning, turning on your computer, and seeing a red...

How the Rise of the Internet Created a New Era of Cyber...

When the internet first entered homes in the 1990s, it felt like magic. You coul...

How Major Data Breaches in the 2000s Changed Business S...

Remember the early 2000s? The internet was booming, online shopping was taking o...

How Cybersecurity Evolved From Simple Passwords to Adva...

Think about the first time you ever made a password. Maybe it was “password123” ...

How Early Antivirus Software Was Created to Fight First...

Imagine a world where the word “virus” only meant the flu. That was the reality ...

How the Boom of Computers in the 1990s Increased Cyber ...

Picture this: it is 1990 and your family just brought home a shiny new Windows 9...

How Hackers Grew From Curiosity to Criminal Groups Over...

Have you ever wondered how the word "hacker" went from describing clever tinkere...

How the Morris Worm of 1988 Became the First Internet D...

On the evening of November 2, 1988, something strange started happening on the y...

How the ARPANET Attack Changed Cybersecurity Forever

Most people think the first real wake-up call for cybersecurity happened in the ...

How the 1971 Creeper Virus Became the World’s First Mal...

Picture this: it is the early 1970s, and computers are massive machines filling ...

How Cybersecurity Started: A Simple Timeline of Early D...

In today's world, where we rely on computers and the internet for almost everyth...