Cybersecurity first emerged in the year 1987. Although various people claim to have created the first antivirus program prior to 1987.This marked the beginning of commercial antivirus programs with the release of Anti4us and Flushot Plus.

Cybersecurity is a distinct field throughout the 1960s and 1970s and became popular in the public in the year 1987, after a series of events that highlighted just how vulnerable a lack of security could be in the society. Continuing to grow throughout the 1990s, cybersecurity is now an essential part of modern life.

Cybersecurity include both threats and response to those threats. Cyber criminals now have more innovative ways to perform more devastating attacks. This  made companies to improve their cybersecurity techniques. With the evolution of cloud and IoT devices.

Cyber security refers to the body of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access.

 Cyber security may also be referred to as information technology security (IT) security, cybersecurity measures are designed to combat threats against networked systems and applications, whether those threats originate from either within or outside of an organization.

The rate of increase in cyber attacks in this early millenium surpasses the occurrence in the  time of innovation.

More than ever, cybercriminals has improve in a variety of devices and software vulnerabilities to exploit. As technology evolved, so did the threat that came with widespread innovation. In 2003, the Department of Homeland Security established the National Cyber Security Division in response to cyberattacks and the lack of an effective method to prevent them. This was the first U.S. Government force dedicated to cybersecurity and reflected the concerns at the time.As at 2010, variety of Cybercrime incidence threatened not only national security but the global network.

Some notable archetypes of cyber attacks are listed below:

2012: Saudi Hacker 0XOMAR published details of about 400,000 credit cards online.

2013: An infamous cybersecurity breach, former CIA employee Edward Snowden copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA). As a result, many countries around the world amped up their surveillance operations, as cyber-espionage increased all over the world.

2013- 2014: Hackers breach into Yahoo, compromising accounts and the private information of 3 billion users. It cost the company $35 million, and Yahoo did not report this breach until 2016.

2014: Mt Gox, a bitcoin exchange based in Japan, was the largest bitcoin exchange network in the world. Hackers were able to take 850,000 bitcoins (~$6.3 billion today) and accounts were compromised within the system.

During this time, hackers realized that they could make huge profits not only by targeting people and consumers, but by directly targeting banks and especially large exchange platforms which had comparatively weaker security protections.

Various other attacks against well-known companies such as Facebook and Marriott. Ransomware and malware attacks became common. However, as viruses developed, so did antiviruses and the cybersecurity measures taken to fight cybercriminals. Signature based programs were failing and instead software used big data analysis to detect malware by taking a more holistic view of users’ behaviors in order to detect threats.

The world of cybersecurity and technology is constantly evolving. We may only speculate what the future holds as society makes advancements in cutting-edge technology. We know from history that progress comes with its risks, and we understand the importance of protecting our cyberspace.