From the Brain Virus to Modern Cyberattacks: What Cybersecurity History Can Teach Us
Cybersecurity is often associated with modern technologies, sophisticated hacking tools, and constantly evolving threats. But cybersecurity has a much longer history.
As part of my cybersecurity learning journey through the DevCareer x Coursera scholarship, I recently explored how cyberattacks have evolved and some of the historical incidents that helped shape the cybersecurity field.
Two examples that caught my attention were the Brain virus and the Morris Worm.
The Brain Virus
The Brain virus appeared in 1986 and is widely recognized as one of the earliest known PC viruses.
It was created by two brothers in Pakistan and originally targeted floppy disks. When an infected disk was used on another computer, the virus could spread to that system.
What I found interesting about Brain is that it happened at a time when personal computers were becoming increasingly common, but cybersecurity practices were still developing.
It demonstrated an important lesson: as computers...
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