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© Thinkstock On Feb. 17, a remarkable White House press briefing addressed possible executive action in the wake of the SolarWinds hack, the most systematic hack of the U.S. government in history.  Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cybersecurity and emerging technology, described it as “more than a single incident of espionage” with the potential to lead to crippling, destructive cyberattacks by Russia. SolarWinds is the latest victim of a series of hacks against software supply chains. These attacks are possible because software has become so complex that software ve...

Evolution of cybersecurity: A brief timeline The evolution of cybersecurity has gone hand in hand with the developments in communication technology. As we progressed from telegraphs to smart phones, so have the types of cyberattacks from Morris worm to the advanced Stuxnet, and more recently, the Snake ransomware. We have come a long way from simple ciphers to sophisticated algorithms, all to secure data and communication. While it is nearly impossible to describe every incident that shaped the development of cybersecurity as we know it today, the following are some of the crucial moments tha...