![]() ![]() But it was another 30 years before someone created one. He envisioned a computer virus as an automatically self-replicating entity. German mathematician and father of game theory John von Neumann first theorized the concept in the late 1940s. The idea of a computer virus preceded computer networks. If you think we missed an important fact (or didn’t get something quite right), please share your feedback with us on Twitter. The second post delves into the origins of SSL and web security. The first in the series examines Operation Aurora and the series of 2010 cyberattacks by the Chinese Elderwood Group, which has ties to the People’s Liberation Army. This is the third in a series of posts featuring information about interesting historical events in cybersecurity. At Exabeam, as people who live and breathe cybersecurity, we’re naturally fascinated by its history.
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