Malware of the 90s: Remembering the Michelangelo and Melissa viruses
Our trip down the malware memory lane takes us all the way back to the 1990s
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Malware of the 1980s: Looking back at the Brain Virus and the Morris Worm
This installment in our series of articles to mark Antimalware Day tells the stories behind two creations that are representative of the 1980s: a virus viewed as the first-ever PC virus and a worm that caused the greatest damage ever wrought by a piece of malware up to that point
Antimalware Day: The evolution of malicious code
Celebrated annually on November 3, Antimalware Day is an opportunity to recognize the work of cybersecurity professionals
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If you see yourself often being curious about the behavior of computer threats, maybe it's time you consider getting involved in cybersecurity.
Let’s call them… how two computer scientists made history
Can you imagine how Dr. Cohen actually created the virus or how Prof. Adleman came up with its name? The work of these men ended up inspiring a constant development of computer defense techniques, and constant research on computer threats
Learn how a research lab works
The story of viruses took place in a university laboratory and, keeping in mind the parallelism, we want to show you what is a malware research laboratory like and what exactly happens there.
Professor Len Adleman explains how he coined the term “computer virus”
In 1983, two computer scientists made history and we want to honor their early work. They laid the foundation for research on computer threats, and for what later came to be our mission on antimalware protection.
Antimalware Day: Genesis of viruses… and computer defense techniques
To honor the work of Dr. Fred Cohen and Professor Len Adleman, and the foundation they laid for research of computer threats, we decided to declare November 3 as the first ever Antimalware Day.