Attack Vectors: The History of Cybersecurity

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M. HaberAttack Vectorshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-1709-0_18

18. History Lesson

Morey Haber¹  

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Heathrow, Lake Mary, FL, USA

 

Over the past three decades, the Internet has undergone a profound transformation—from a fledgling curiosity to the beating heart of global commerce and social interaction. Parallel to this growth, a sophisticated wave of cybersecurity threats has emerged, initiating a cat and mouse game between threat actors and defenders.

Cybersecurity incidents from the last 30 years—from early worms like Slammer and Blaster to notorious campaigns like WannaCry and NotPetya—reveal not only the technological evolution of digital threats, but ...