1995 : The program SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analysing Networks) had been written to scan a Unix host on a network and then issue a report about known security vulnerabilities as well as possible fixes. It was the first vulnerability scanning program which...Read more
1993/12/02 : Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema published this paper about improving the security of websites by breaking into it.
By this publication, authors wished they "can increase security by raising awareness."(p.16-17)
They also explain the...Read more