Did you know that the world’s first Computer Virus was created 25 years back and it had the complete details of its creators including address and contact details? No, I am not kidding and infact name of the virus was Brain.A a computer boot secotr virus and it was created by two brothers based out of Pakistan 🙂 There is a nice video, pretty recent one delivered by Mikko Hypponen at one of the TED events that took place in July, this year at Edinburgh. Enjoy the video and know about the history of viruses, their evolution and their sophistication in the form of Stuxnet!
Source: Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net
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