On January 19, 1986, the world became aware of what is widely regarded as the first major computer virus to spread globally: Brain. While earlier experimental self-replicating programs had existed, ...
35 years ago, the first piece of malware to ever spread out in the wild came into existence. Dubbed "Elk Cloner" and created by a 15-year old programmer named Rich Skrenta, Elk Cloner was a boot ...