8 Events That Changed Cybersecurity Forever #infographic

In the early 1970s, the first computer virus was developed and identified on ARPANET, the internet predecessor. The first computer worm was distributed in 1988, gaining media attention from the mass mainstream. A quarter of a century later, viruses developed into a pandemic. Viruses proliferated rapidly, making malware more complicated.

Cyber attacks occur daily and are changing continuously. Attacks come in all shapes and sizes from computer worms to big information breaches. Cyber attacks have developed from small hacks produced by high school pupils to state-sponsored attacks that compromise presidential elections in the previous quarter century alone.

infographic by: www.varonis.com