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A history of cybersecurity: tracing the decades-old fight against malware, phishing and fraud

A history of cybersecurity: tracing the decades-old fight against malware, phishing and fraud

The first computer virus was created in 1971 to test ARPANET’s security, leading to the birth of the antivirus software. Internet mainstreaming in the 1990s opened up new vulnerabilities with polymorphic viruses emerging. The 2000s saw distributed denial-of-service attacks rise, while the 2010s promoted state actors, social engineering and the Internet of Things as key security targets. The 2020s witnessed AI-driven threats and quantum computing as emerging cybersecurity concerns, necessitating continuous monitoring and public-private cooperation.

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