So it was with a sense of great nostalgia that I watched [Ben Cartwright-Cox]’s recent 35C3 talk on the anatomy and physiology of viruses from the DOS days. Fair warning to the seasoned reader ...

In 2024, the idea of a computer virus is nothing new, as these computer threats are, unfortunately, common enough. When it ...

The first computer virus was named Creeper, created in 1971 by Robert Thomas, a programmer at BBN Technologies (Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., which later became part of Raytheon). Unlike the ...

While the first computer virus (Creeper) was released on the ARPANET as a harmless experiment, the first computer virus to be released in the wild didn't have malicious intent either. Called ...