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Attack Vectors: The History of Cybersecurity

Name: Attack Vectors: The History of Cybersecurity
Author: Morey Haber
ISBN: 9798868817090

by Morey Haber

October 2025

Beginner to intermediate

402 pages

7h 49m

English

Apress

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Attack Vectors
Foreword
Introduction: Part I
Introduction: Part II
Attack Vectors: The History of CybersecurityWho Is This Book For?
Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
1. The History of Attack Vectors
FoundationsVacuum Tubes to Transistors (1950s–1960s)Mainframes and Early Cybersecurity (1970s–Early 1980s)Personal Computing (1980s)The Internet and Emerging Threats (1990s)Cybersecurity and Dot-Com (Early 2000s)Risk Management (Mid-2000s–2010s)Modern Threat Landscape (Late 2010s–Today)
2. Business Justification
3. Definitions
BugsVulnerabilityExploitationObfuscationVirusWormsBotsRootkitsConfigurationAttack Vectors

4. Malware
5. Exploits
6. Breaches
7. Regulations
8. People
9. Syndicates
10. Social Engineering
11. Solutions
Endpoint SecurityAntivirusAnti-spywareEndpoint Protection PlatformsEndpoint Detection and ResponseNetworksFirewallsIntrusion Detection SystemsVirtual Private NetworksContent FiltersSecure Remote AccessSecurity Information Event ManagementVulnerability ManagementPenetration TestingData Loss PreventionIdentity and Access ManagementIdentity SecurityIdentity GovernanceIdentity ProviderSingle Sign-OnMultifactor AuthenticationPrivileged Access ManagementQuantum ComputingArtificial IntelligenceEnd-of-Life Solutions
12. The Human Threat
13. Lateral Movement
14. Return on Investment
Example 1: Ransomware Incident Containment with an EPM SolutionExample 2: Preventing Paths to Privileged Escalation with an ITDR SolutionExample 3: Malicious Command Execution Due to Remote System Access
15. It’s Not If, But When
16. Supply Chain Attacks
Step 1: Confirm the Breach and Understand the ScopeStep 2: Activate Your Incident Response PlanStep 3: Informing StakeholdersStep 4: Defense-in-Depth ReviewStep 5: Third-Party Risk Management Program
17. Been Hacked?
18. History Lesson
19. Conclusion
Appendix A Malware
Appendix B Exploits
Appendix C Breaches
Appendix D People
Appendix E Crime Syndicates
Appendix F Social Engineering
Index

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M. HaberAttack Vectorshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-1709-0_16

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Part of my daily routine is to read the news, particularly articles and websites covering cybersecurity. In the last few years, there has been a disturbing trend of vendor breaches that impact very high-profile customers. Despite the severity, you can’t help but become numb from the unceasing litany of these incidents.

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