WannaCry: How a Stolen Cyberweapon Locked Up the World in a Weekend
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WannaCry: How a Stolen Cyberweapon Locked Up the World in a Weekend

Hospitals turned patients away. Businesses ground to a halt. Computers around the world displayed the same ransom note. A security update was available, but hundreds of thousands of computers didn’t have it installed. Learn how WannaCry became a global outbreak that demonstrated why patch management, backups, and network segmentation remain some of the most important defenses in cybersecurity.

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SolarWinds: When the Update You're Supposed to Trust Is the Attack
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SolarWinds: When the Update You're Supposed to Trust Is the Attack

What if the software update you're supposed to trust is actually the attack? The SolarWinds breach showed how attackers can compromise a trusted vendor and reach thousands of organizations at once, including U.S. government agencies. Learn how the attack worked, what a supply chain attack is, and the lessons defenders still apply today.

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Equifax: How a Missed Patch and an Expired Certificate Exposed 147 Million People
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Equifax: How a Missed Patch and an Expired Certificate Exposed 147 Million People

The Equifax breach wasn't caused by an unstoppable hacker or a sophisticated zero-day exploit. It was the result of a missed patch, an expired certificate, and basic security controls that failed when they were needed most. Learn how a series of ordinary mistakes exposed the personal information of 147 million people and changed cybersecurity forever.

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