Around 40 years of computer virus technology, ?progress ...

Malicious software ? viruses, worms, Trojans, etc. ? the birth of the first time almost as long as the computer network. In fact, from 2011, the first known computer virus has been around for 40 years. First virus from a single experiment, although not causing damage, but it indicates the potential risks of such software. Here is some of the history of malware landmark event:

1971 ?: Creeper

This is the first known virus type program, its author is a participation ?ARPANET? (ARPANET) to build the company?s employees work, while the ARPANET was the predecessor of the Internet. The program is a laboratory test, the purpose is to understand whether to create a self-replicating software.

1982 ?: Elk Cloner

This is the first to be self-published to spread outside the laboratory procedures, it is written by a high school student. The program Apple II computers via floppy disk and spread on the infected computer will display a short poem.

1983 years: Virus

University of Southern California was still a PhD researcher Fred Cohen (Fred Cohen) for the first time with the ?virus? to describe self-replicating program.

1987 years: Jerusalem

The virus first infected area its name, this is the first for the global spread of destructive viruses. It infects computers running the DOS operating system. As long as a month of 13 happens to be Friday, it will delete the infected computer?s part of the program.

1992 years: Michelangelo

The activation date for the virus on March 6, the artist Michelangelo?s birthday. The virus was discovered, many security experts warned that the day of its activating millions of computers will lead to paralysis. But the fact is, this concern overstated.

1990 mid: Fishing

?Phishing? refers to a hacker masquerading as a trusted source of confidential information collected user behavior. This behavior first appeared in the mid-1990s. As they do not rely on malicious software, but to use the features of gullible computer users, making this strategy quite a breakthrough.

1999 ? ? 2001: Melissa, I Love You, Kournikova virus

These viruses are spread to millions of computers around the world, they lured recipients to open e-mail documents, including Word documents, links or pictures, and these documents will be included in the program to the infected computer?s contact list to send a message.

2001 years: Code Red

This virus specifically infected server, the infected server?s home page will be replaced ?by the Chinese people black? message. The virus also infected server designed to exploit the White House Web site to send large amounts of information, leading to overload, but this form of attack can easily be prevented.

2004 years: Sasser

This is the first Internet worm, which is self-replicating virus, even without networked computers have also been affected. It is not spread through e-mail, but directly use the Internet to infect the computer, the system affected more than 1 million units, and led to many flight cancellations and satellite communications terminals and other events. Global enterprises are temporarily disabled when the infected computer.

2005 ?: MyTob

Internet security company Fortinet Security Response Team Senior Manager ????? Witt (Guillaume Lovet) that malicious software worm marks a turning point. MyTob can spread through a large number of e-mail to create zombie networks, and to spread spam, install spyware or phishing attacks. Although botnets are not new, but it is the first to MyTob botnet e-mail system and integrate large-scale virus and hackers with malicious software to create a new profit model, not just a practical joke.

2010 years: Earthquake Network (Stuxnet)

This complex computer viruses as malicious software, a network of weapons to use. Spread through the USB and other mechanisms, the virus can affect the operation of specific industrial control systems. Although there are no conclusions, but there are signs that the earthquake network target is Iran?s nuclear program uranium enrichment centrifuges.

Source: http://www.cnkeyword.info/around-40-years-of-computer-virus-technology-progress-milestones/

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