From Prank to Payday: The Evolution of Computer Viruses — From Creeper to Ryuk Ransomware
If you ever saw the message “I’M THE CREEPER: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,” you’d probably shrug today and call it a harmless prank. In the early 1970s, that message was the first sign of a new idea: software that could move on its own. Fast forward to modern ransomware like Ryuk, and that playful…