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NSA Attacks Against Virtual Private Networks

Schneier on Security

A 2006 document from the Snowden archives outlines successful NSA operations against "a number of "high potential" virtual private networks, including those of media organization Al Jazeera, the Iraqi military and internet service organizations, and a number of airline reservation systems.".

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Tor vs VPN—What is the difference?

Malwarebytes

Since 2006, development of Tor has been conducted by a nonprofit organization called The Tor Project. The Tor network can be used to access the regular Internet, where it hides your IP address from everyone, including the people operating the Tor network itself, or the Dark Web, where everyone’s IP address is hidden from everyone else.

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RCE vulnerability in OpenSSH – RegreSSHion (CVE-2024-6387)

Pen Test Partners

The CVE, dubbed regreSSHion, is a regression of CVE-2006-5051 reported in 2006. Versions before 4.4p1 are also vulnerable unless patches for CVE-2006- 5051 and CVE-2008-4109 have been applied. Also ask yourself the question: do I need to expose SSH to the untrusted internet?

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Is The Cost Of Predictive Cyber Security Worth The Investment?

Security Boulevard

In the early 1990s, the Internet industry needed to move packets as fast as possible because some marketing genius came up with the idea that everyone could have “Unlimited Internet Access” for $9.95 Those people belong in the Internet Hall of Fame. Truth be told, AOL made the Internet, the Internet.

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

The Origins and History of the Dark Web IdentityIQ The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that cannot be accessed as easily. The dark web consists of websites and services that operate anonymously and aren’t accessible in the “public” part of the internet. The deep web is far and away the largest part of the internet.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW. Insight Partners.

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Who Wants to Support My Work Commercially?

Security Boulevard

Astalavista Security Newsletter - 2003-2006 - Full Offline Reading Copy. Exposing a Currently Active Free Rogue VPN Domains Portfolio Courtesy of the NSA – WhoisXML API Analysis. Profiling the Internet Connected Infrastructure of the Individuals on the U.S Profiling Russia’s U.S Election Interference – WhoisXML API Analysis.