Early Phishing
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Early Phishing

Koceilah Rekouche krekouche@pushstart.info The history of phishing traces back in important ways to the mid-1990s when hacking software facilitated the mass targeting of people in password stealing scams on America…

The Internet In 1996
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The Internet In 1996

In 1996, the Internet Archive began archiving the web for a service called the Wayback Machine. They’ve now archived 55 billion web pages. That’s enough web pages that if you…

ICQ
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ICQ

Once you were weaned off AOL, you still needed a reliable messenger to keep in touch with all your 133t friends and buddies, and back in the day, we didn’t…

Netscape Composer
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Netscape Composer

When I first started browsing the web, my browser of choice was Netscape. Back in the 90s, Netscape Navigator actually had less credibility than IE, and the browser was often…

NetBus
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NetBus

NetBus or Netbus is a software program for remotely controlling a Microsoft Windows computer system over a network. It was created in 1998 and has been very controversial for its…

Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?
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Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?

1. Has your son asked you to change ISPs? Most American families use trusted and responsible Internet Service Providers, such as AOL. These providers have a strict “No Hacking” policy,…

Adrian Lamo
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Adrian Lamo

Inverview taken on: 1/12/01 What are your current AIM screen names? Line Trace What is your e-mail address? adrian@adrian.org Do you have a web site? inside-aol.com, terrorists.net, securid.org What is…