If Computer Viruses Were Real Creatures, This Is What Theyd Look Like – Motherboard
A Brooklyn artist turned 24 years of malware, from Brain.a to Stuxnet, into colorful, cyberpunky, alien-like creatures.Computer malware has become a routine part of life on the internet. Every day, according to a recent estimate, around one million new pieces of malicious software get unleashed online. But once upon a time, there was no malware.In 1986, that changed with the spread of what’s deemed to be the first-ever personal computer virus, known as Brain.a, an innocuous piece of malware that spread through floppy disks and strangely came with a return addressthat of its two creators. Since then, the world has seen millions of different viruses, trojans, and other kinds of malware. Some have come and go, others have made history.
Källa: If Computer Viruses Were Real Creatures, This Is What Theyd Look Like – Motherboard
