Malware Anniversary! 40 Years and on …
March 15th, 2011
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- 1971: Creeper (First virus in the ARPANET)
- 1982: Elk Cloner (First external media virus targeting Apple II)
- 1987: Jerusalem (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- 1992: Michelangelo (First dormant malware, awakens at Michelangelo’s Birthday)
- 1999: Melissa (First Ransomeware)
- 2000: I Love You (First Super Spammer)
- 2001: Code Red & Nimda (First vulnerability-based propagating malware)
- 2004: Sasser (Extremely damaging vulnerability-based propagating malware)
- 2005: Mytob (aka Zotob) (First Bot/Spammer malware)
- 2007: Storm BotNet (First peer-to-peer BotNet)
- 2008: Koobface (First SocialNetwork-based BotNet)
- 2009: Conficker (First Worm/BotNet with Bleeding-Edge defensive techniques)
- 2010: Stuxnet (First worldwide cyberwar malware)
- 20XX: Watch out for your Smart Phone 😉
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