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History of online security, from CAPTCHA to multifactor authentication

  • Caroline Delbert
  • Jun 7, 2022
  • Jun 7, 2022 Updated Sep 20, 2024
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Beyond Identity

covers the history of cybersecurity, from the first antivirus program to the rise of two-factor authentication.

1970s: Antivirus software

1970s: Antivirus software

A computer virus is a piece of software the user typically downloads when they click on an infected email attachment or another file. The first virus was a 1970s program called Creeper, which was designed to crawl the early internet known as ARPANET, according to a report from Cyber Magazine. Like modern penetration testers, researchers wanted to see how they could hypothetically invade their own system. In response, email inventor Ray Tomlinson wrote a program he named Reaper, which chased and destroyed Creeper. That makes Reaper the first-ever antivirus program, creating a genre that endures today.

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