07. History of Cybersecurity

History of Cybersecurity

ND545 C1 L0 07 History Of Cybersecurity Video

History of Computer Viruses and Worms

With the start of the Internet in the late 1960s, known then as the ARPANET came a need to secure the data, connections, and computer systems for those using it; mostly research institutions, universities, and governments.
Computers in the early days of the Internet often didn’t have basic protection and used telephone modems to dial-into the network.
Highlights of memorable computer viruses and worms include:

  • 1968 - Development of the ARPANET (early Internet)
  • 1971 - First reported computer worm - Creeper
  • 1986 - Brain MS-DOS virus
  • 1989 - Morris Worm - Internet Denial of Service
  • 2000 - ILOVEYOU Worm
  • 2010 - Stuxnet

Further Reading:

Key Events in Cybersecurity History

  • 1975 - “The Protection of Information in Computer Systems” published
  • 1983 - RSA Patent
  • 1986 - The Cuckoo’s Egg and Clifford Stoll
  • 1986 - US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
  • 1990 - UK Computer Misuse Act
  • 2001 - Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) established by NIST

Further Reading:

Early viruses and worms

From the History of Cybersecurity video, which virus or worm is considered the first Denial of Service attack on the Internet?

SOLUTION: Morris worm

Highlights from History

What is considered the first U.S. patent for cybersecurity when MIT was issued one for the first public key cryptosystem?

SOLUTION: RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman)

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